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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Larissa Howie

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Trump pins blame for signal group chat leak on lower level employee - The Untold Story

Donald Trump has blamed a ‘lower-level’ employee working under his National Security Advisor, Michael Waltz, for the Signal group chat security blunder.

It emerged on Monday (24 March) that a journalist had been mistakenly added to a group text involving senior administration officials, reportedly discussing a highly sensitive operation aimed at targeting Houthi positions in Yemen over a group text.

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