White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks to reporters on the White Home driveway on March 31, 2025.
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The White Home has concluded its evaluate of how Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg was inadvertently included on a Sign message group chat of high-ranking officers discussing impending strikes in Yemen.
The Atlantic story, printed one week in the past, surprised Washington due to the delicate nature of the knowledge disclosed on the app. The White Home has mentioned not one of the info was labeled.
“This case has been closed right here on the White Home so far as we’re involved,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt informed reporters on Monday. “There have been steps made to make sure that one thing like that may clearly by no means occur once more, and we’re transferring ahead,” she mentioned.
Leavitt didn’t provide particulars about what steps the White Home is taking after its evaluate. Final week, she had informed reporters that the Nationwide Safety Council, the White Home counsel’s workplace and Trump adviser Elon Musk had been all wanting into how the mishap occurred.
Leavitt mentioned Trump’s nationwide safety adviser Mike Waltz — who created the group chat and added Goldberg to it — “continues to be an essential a part of (Trump’s) nationwide safety workforce.”
NPR disclosure: Katherine Maher, the CEO of NPR, chairs the board of the Sign Basis.
