US EditionTrump blasts 'witch hunt' as Yemen chat scandal mounts
- On Monday, The Atlantic published a report based on leaked texts from a Signal group chat including senior administration officials like Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Vice President JD Vance and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, stunning Washington with its alarming disclosures.
- The report stemmed from Mike Waltz inadvertently including The Atlantic's editor-in-chief, Jeff Goldberg, in a Signal group chat, which led to the exposure of sensitive discussions.
- The leaked text messages revealed that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth shared sensitive details about upcoming strikes on Yemen, including the timing of the strike window and the weapons and aircraft involved, which occurred earlier this month.
- White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt dismissed the report as a hoax written by a Trump-hater, while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated the discussions were not 'war plans' and contained no classified information, adding 'Those are some really s****y war plans'.
- The Trump administration is facing ridicule and struggling to contain the political fallout from the leaked war plan chat scandal, with critics calling it a serious breach of protocol that potentially jeopardized U.S. Servicemen and gave the enemy advance notice, while the administration downplays the incident, with President Trump claiming he knows nothing about it.
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Trump dismisses security concerns over not-very-secret chat group as 'a witch hunt'
United States President Donald Trump has dismissed concern around the addition of a journalist to a secret group chat, calling the criticism and calls for Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth to resign as a witch hunt. The country's top officials maintain it was an inadvertent mistake to add the journalist into the chat, which was discussing plans to attack Houthi rebels in Yemen.
'Witch Hunt': Trump Dismisses Scandal Over Air Strike Plans Leaked In Yemen Chats
Republican Trump lashed out after the Atlantic Magazine published the transcript of messages accidentally shared with its editor in a chat group of senior US officials on Signal, a commercially available messaging app.
"Witch Hunt": Trump After Yemen Group Chat Leaked To Journalist
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday dismissed a scandal over leaked plans for Yemen air strikes as a "witch hunt" and defended his embattled Pentagon chief amid calls by Democrats for him to quit. Republican Trump lashed out after the Atlantic Magazine published the transcript of messages accidentally shared with its editor in a chat group of senior US officials on Signal, a commercially available messaging app. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth…
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