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The inspector general inquiry will also look at whether rules about records retention were followed.
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Outside experts and former defense officials have argued the texts put American troops at higher risk and were almost certainly classified, something Hegseth has denied.
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President Donald Trump’s national security advisor, Mike Waltz, has repeatedly landed in hot water in recent days, beginning with an uproar from Democrats over a Signal chat leak with high-ranking national security officials that has since snowballed,
Conservative activist Laura Loomer targeted a deputy national security adviser and questioned whether he is to blame for the Trump administration including a journalist in a Signal group text about bombing Yemen.
Defenese Secretary Pete Hegseth, national security adviser Mike Waltz and more of the contacts who appeared in the Signal group chat about a U.S. attack on Houthis in Yemen.
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National security advisor Michael Waltz commented on the Signal text chain leak during an appearance on "The Ingraham Angle."
National Security adviser Mike Waltz has taken full responsibility for creating the Signal group chat. Newsweek's live blog is closed.
President Trump's national security adviser has denied knowing the editor of The Atlantic after accidentally adding him to a sensitive group chat.
The White House considers the Signal chat leak case "closed," press secretary Karoline Leavitt told the media Monday.
In public, White House National Security Advisor Mike Waltz is struggling. In private, there's reason to believe his troubles appear even more serious.