The journalist on the minister's denial: "He's lying"
The Atlantic journalist Jeffrey Goldberg hits back at US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, after he claimed that "no one sent any war plans" in the chat that Goldberg was accidentally added to.
- That's a lie, he says on CNN's broadcast.
According to him, these were clear and specific war plans.
- He sent attack plans - when the targets would be attacked, how they would be attacked, who was there and when the next series of attacks would take place.
Goldberg says that he deliberately did not include certain details about the chat in his article, because the information was too secret and too technical. He assessed that there had been a risk that American soldiers would be put at risk.
The Atlantic journalist Jeffrey Goldberg hits back at US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, after he claimed that "no one sent any war plans" in the chat that Goldberg was accidentally added to.
- That's a lie, he says on CNN's broadcast.
According to him, these were clear and specific war plans.
- He sent attack plans - when the targets would be attacked, how they would be attacked, who was there and when the next series of attacks would take place.
Goldberg says that he deliberately did not include certain details about the chat in his article, because the information was too secret and too technical. He assessed that there had been a risk that American soldiers would be put at risk.
Trump backs Mike Waltz after chat scandal – calls leak a "miss"
US President Donald Trump is backing national security adviser Mike Waltz after the chat scandal, writes NBC News.
- Mike Waltz has learned his lesson, and he's a good man, Trump says in a telephone interview with the news site.
This is the first time Trump has spoken out about the revelation that several of his ministers discussed an attack on the Houthi rebels on the Signal app. The Atlantic's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was invited to the chat by mistake.
According to Trump, Goldberg's presence in the chat has "had no impact at all" on military operations in Yemen. He calls the situation "the only miss in two months, and it turned out not to be serious".
White House: War plans were not discussed in the chat
No war plans were discussed and no classified material was sent in the chat. This is what President Donald Trump's press secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote in a post on X, AFP reports.
The statement concerns the group chat on the Signal app where Donald Trump's closest associates discussed and planned the attacks against the Houthi rebels in Yemen.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has also denied that war plans were discussed in the chat.
US President Donald Trump is backing national security adviser Mike Waltz after the chat scandal, writes NBC News.
- Mike Waltz has learned his lesson, and he's a good man, Trump says in a telephone interview with the news site.
This is the first time Trump has spoken out about the revelation that several of his ministers discussed an attack on the Houthi rebels on the Signal app. The Atlantic's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was invited to the chat by mistake.
According to Trump, Goldberg's presence in the chat has "had no impact at all" on military operations in Yemen. He calls the situation "the only miss in two months, and it turned out not to be serious".
White House: War plans were not discussed in the chat
No war plans were discussed and no classified material was sent in the chat. This is what President Donald Trump's press secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote in a post on X, AFP reports.
The statement concerns the group chat on the Signal app where Donald Trump's closest associates discussed and planned the attacks against the Houthi rebels in Yemen.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has also denied that war plans were discussed in the chat.
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