Speaker Johnson: Waltz, Hegseth shouldn’t be disciplined over war plans Signal chat
- House Speaker Mike Johnson stated that Mike Waltz and Pete Hegseth should not be disciplined for a Signal chat about military plans against a Yemeni terrorist group.
- The Signal chat reportedly contained details about airstrikes against Iran-backed Houthi rebels, including targets and weaponry.
- President Donald Trump claimed he was unaware that sensitive information had been shared and suggested that Waltz would remain in his position.
- Goldberg, of The Atlantic, criticized Hegseth’s denial, asserting he was accurately describing what occurred in the group chat.
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Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense, soon to be renamed Secretary of War, said today that he was innocent of the scurrilous fiction reported in Atlantic concerning an unsecured chat taking place over the Signal app. In the first place, Hegseth said, he...
House Speaker Johnson Says Hegseth, Waltz Shouldn’t Face Discipline Over Signal Chat
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on Monday evening that White House national security adviser Mike Waltz and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should not face discipline over a chat they had over the encrypted messaging app Signal that allegedly included plans to strike a Yemeni terrorist group. Johnson was questioned by reporters on camera about a report by Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, that he had somehow been added to …
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