Signal leak: Mike Waltz accepts responsibility but says he cannot explain how it happened – video
Donald Trump's national security adviser, Mike Waltz, has said he takes 'full responsibility' for the group chat of senior administration officials that inadvertently included a journalist and leaked highly sensitive information about planned airstrikes in Yemen. Waltz's comments came one day after Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic, revealed that he was added to a group on the Signal ,private messaging app that included the vice-president, JD Vance, defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and other high-profile figures discussing 'operational details' of planned attacks on the Houthis in Yemen. Waltz accepted responsibility for making the Signal group, though he continued to deflect blame, insulted Goldberg and said he could not explain how the mistake had occurred
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