National Security Adviser Michael Waltz assumed “full responsibility” for leakage Sign Group Chat One of the senior Trump officials who discussed plans for a hunger strike on the Houthis in Yemen.
“I take full responsibility. The group was built,” said Waltz on “Ingraham Corner” Tuesday. “It is embarrassing. We will reach the bottom.”
Trump reveals those behind the leakage of the reference series
Jeffrey Goldberg, Editor -in -Chief of the Atlantic, Safra Calculate the first person From obtaining a call request from what appeared to be the National Security Adviser at Trump Michael Waltz on March 11 On a sign, The famous encrypted messaging service used by journalists and government officials. Before then it was added to a chat group called “The Small Houthi PC Group”, where he began to see a series of senior Trump officials discussing what it turned out to be an attack on the Houthis, while critics call it a major violation of national security.
According to what was reported, many Trump officials were in chatting, including Waltz, Vice President JD Vance, Foreign Minister Marco Rubio, Defense Minister Beit Higseth, Director of the CIA John Ratcliffe and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wales.
The president was asked about the story at the White House on Monday, but it looked unjust, and took a shot in the Atlantic Ocean when asked about her participation.
“I don't know anything about it. I am not a great admirer of the Atlantic Ocean,” he told a reporter. “For me, it is a magazine that goes out of work. I think it is not a big magazine, but I don't know anything about it.”
Trump defended the Fals in a comment on Fox News on Tuesday, saying that the National Security Adviser would not be expelled on the accident.
“It is not fire,” Trump told Fox News. The president said the accident was “a mistake”, although “there is nothing important” in the indication of the text text.
The president also said that an employee from the Falaz office unintentionally included an editor -in -chief Atlantic Ocean in the Sign Group chat During his interview with NBC on Tuesday. Trump added that the inclusion of Goldberg in the group chat did not have “any influence at all” on Beat in Yemen.
“Michael Waltz has learned a lesson, a good man,” Trump NBC said In an interview on Tuesday.
The White House journalist Caroline Levitte added in a social media post on Tuesday that “there are no” war plans “in the group chat, and that” classified materials have not been sent to the thread. “
She added: “As the National Security Council mentioned, the White House is looking at how to add Goldberg unintentionally to the thread. Thanks to the strong and powerful leadership of President Trump, and everyone in the group, the Houthi strikes were successful and effective. The terrorists have been killed and this is what is most important to President Trump.”
some The Democrats called for the Pallis Defense Minister Beit Higseth's resignation on Tuesday after the apparent national security violated.
“We have made a mistake. We are progressing, and we will continue to get it out of the park for this president,” Waltz said.
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Greg Norman from Fox News Digitter, Emma Callon and David Rotz contributed to this report.
