The Trump administration kept up its defiant stance over what it terms the “Signal hoax,” which began when a group of senior officials added a journalist to an encrypted chat.
“The mainstream media continues to be focused on a sensationalized story from the failing Atlantic magazine that is falling apart by the hour,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a lengthy opening statement at Wednesday’s White House press briefing.
Leavitt savaged the publication and its editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, who was privy to a Signal chat involving Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, national security adviser Mike Waltz, Vice President JD Vance, and others detailing a pending strike on the Houthis.
“Their release of these internal messages validates the truth, which we have been saying all along,” Leavitt said. “If this story proves anything, it proves that Democrats and…
