Republicans in Congress React to Signal Chat Leak With Collective Shrug
A few G.O.P. lawmakers said they would look into the breach, but party leaders largely tempered their criticism of the Trump administration.
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A few G.O.P. lawmakers said they would look into the breach, but party leaders largely tempered their criticism of the Trump administration.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who disclosed war plans in a Signal group with a journalist, condemned Mrs. Clinton’s actions in November 2016.
Trump officials have demanded more European military spending and questioned the continent’s values. Leaked messages show the depth of the rift.
President Trump is defending his national security adviser, Michael Waltz, after the extraordinary disclosure.
U.S. intelligence chiefs were scheduled to brief a Senate panel on global threats, but the hearing was likely to be overshadowed by questions over the security breach.
The conversation among the defense secretary and other national security officials on a commercial messaging app mistakenly included the editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg.
The tally of names read like President Trump’s enemies list of people who opposed him, from Letitia James to Liz Cheney.
“This court has not kept its disdain for President Trump secret,” the Justice Department said in a motion in a case filed by a law firm suing the administration.
The president also denied a report that such a briefing had been planned to be held at the Pentagon on Friday.
The thousands of documents posted online this week disappointed assassination buffs. But historians are finding many newly revealed secrets.