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'We'll Look Into It.' President Trump Pressed on Signal Chat Breach: Full Q&A
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24:02Now PlayingPresident Trump and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz answer questions from reporters after a journalist was mistakenly included in a cabinet-level Signal chat detailing attacks on Houthis in Yemen.
President Donald Trump said his administration was investigating the addition of a journalist to a text group of top officials discussing plans for military strikes in Yemen, but expressed support for national security adviser Michael Waltz.
Yet even as Trump announced the inquiry on Tuesday, he suggested procedures might not change in the aftermath of the incident.
“We look at everything,” Trump said, adding that his team would examine “if people are able to break into a system.”
“I always say you have to learn from every experience,” he added.
But, Trump said, he did not believe that the disclosures demanded a criminal investigation — or even necessarily a directive banning the use of Signal, the encrypted messaging chat app used by the officials, despite concerns over security and record-retention laws.
The president’s comments fit with a broader effort by the administration to downplay the stunning breach, which created a firestorm in Washington over the Trump team’s handling of sensitive information.
“I don’t know anything about Signal,” Trump said. “I wasn’t involved in this, but I just heard about it, and I hear it’s used by a lot of groups — it’s used by the media, a lot. It’s used by a lot of the military. And I think successfully, but sometimes somebody can get onto those things.”
Waltz, who has come under fire for his role in the disclosure, said that security experts and legal officials were reviewing what had happened.
“Of course, we’re going to keep everything as secure as possible,” Waltz said.
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