Trump Fires Top National Security Aides
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The Daily Beast |
The meeting came after last week’s Signal leak fiasco, in which Waltz accidentally added a prominent journalist to a group chat in which Trump’s top aides were discussing an upcoming strike on terror...
Wall Street Journal |
Multiple National Security Council staffers were fired this week, people familiar with the matter said, as right-wing conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer alleged to President Trump that some members of h...
U.S. News & World Report |
Loomer presented her research to Trump in an Oval Office meeting, making her case for the firings, the people said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive personnel matters.
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After multiple Trump administration national security crises including SignalGate, GmailGate, the passwords scandal, and new revelations that the National Security Advisor’s team set up at least 20 Signal chats to handle crises,
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Trump’s National Security Adviser was using Gmail for sensitive discussions—which is far less secure than Signal.
National Security Advisor Mike Waltz accidentally added a journalist to a Signal group chat about classified military action in Yemen. The chat included top Trump administration officials, including Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
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Senior members of the Trump administration’s National Security Council — including its top national security advisor, Michael Waltz — used Gmail to conduct government business, The Washington Post reported, citing documents and three unnamed government officials.
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The news about Waltz’s Venmo list comes as the former congressman from Florida has done his best to deflect from another operational security scandal that’s blown up this week. Waltz accidentally added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine,
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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 advisor Mike Waltz's job is not in jeopardy after The Atlantic's reported a security breach on a Signal text chain with Cabinet officials.
It's not clear exactly why the officials were let go or if their firing is permanent. But two of the sources said several were told there were issues with their vetting their background