Trump's national security team used Gmail for government matters, reports WaPo
Top presidential adviser Mike Waltz is under scrutiny for reportedly keeping “potentially exploitable” information on his private email account. According to a report from the Washington Post, members of the U.S. National Security Council,...
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Top presidential adviser Mike Waltz is under scrutiny for reportedly keeping “potentially exploitable” information on his private email account.
According to a report from the Washington Post, members of the U.S. National Security Council, including Waltz, have utilized personal Gmail accounts to communicate about sensitive government matters, based on emails obtained and information from three sources familiar with the situation.
This revelation follows an incident in which Waltz mistakenly included a journalist in a Signal chat group. In that group, Defense Minister Pete Hegseth, Vice President J. D. Vance, and other senior officials had discussions about impending U.S. strikes in Yemen.
The Post reported that a senior aide to Waltz engaged in “highly technical conversations” via Gmail, which encompassed “sensitive military positions and powerful weapons systems relating to an ongoing conflict.”
The report indicated that Waltz had received “potentially exploitable information” through his Gmail account and shared segments of his schedule in Signal to facilitate meetings and discussions.
Typically, officials are mandated to use secure, government-issued communication channels.
NSC spokesman Brian Hughes stated to the Post that Waltz “didn’t and wouldn’t send classified information on an open account.” Hughes also noted that when “legacy contacts” reached out to Waltz via email, he always copied the messages to his government email “to ensure compliance with records retention.” He emphasized that NSC staff are instructed to communicate “only through secure platforms for classified information.”
In a statement to Fox News, Hughes expressed that he could not validate the Post’s allegations because the journalist involved “refused to share any part of the document reported.”
Democrats have criticized the Trump administration for using the Signal app to discuss the bombing of Houthi positions in Yemen last month. Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of The Atlantic, indicated that he was included in a group where Hegseth shared details about the timeline of the March 15 strikes, as well as the weaponry deployed in the operation.
Hegseth and other White House officials have denied any sharing of classified information during the chat with Goldberg, and President Donald Trump has dismissed calls for Waltz’s dismissal, stating, “I don’t fire people because of fake news and because of witch hunts” in an interview with NBC News on Saturday.
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According to a report from the Washington Post, members of the U.S. National Security Council, including Waltz, have utilized personal Gmail accounts to communicate about sensitive government matters, based on emails obtained and information from three sources familiar with the situation.
This revelation follows an incident in which Waltz mistakenly included a journalist in a Signal chat group. In that group, Defense Minister Pete Hegseth, Vice President J. D. Vance, and other senior officials had discussions about impending U.S. strikes in Yemen.
The Post reported that a senior aide to Waltz engaged in “highly technical conversations” via Gmail, which encompassed “sensitive military positions and powerful weapons systems relating to an ongoing conflict.”
The report indicated that Waltz had received “potentially exploitable information” through his Gmail account and shared segments of his schedule in Signal to facilitate meetings and discussions.
Typically, officials are mandated to use secure, government-issued communication channels.
NSC spokesman Brian Hughes stated to the Post that Waltz “didn’t and wouldn’t send classified information on an open account.” Hughes also noted that when “legacy contacts” reached out to Waltz via email, he always copied the messages to his government email “to ensure compliance with records retention.” He emphasized that NSC staff are instructed to communicate “only through secure platforms for classified information.”
In a statement to Fox News, Hughes expressed that he could not validate the Post’s allegations because the journalist involved “refused to share any part of the document reported.”
Democrats have criticized the Trump administration for using the Signal app to discuss the bombing of Houthi positions in Yemen last month. Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of The Atlantic, indicated that he was included in a group where Hegseth shared details about the timeline of the March 15 strikes, as well as the weaponry deployed in the operation.
Hegseth and other White House officials have denied any sharing of classified information during the chat with Goldberg, and President Donald Trump has dismissed calls for Waltz’s dismissal, stating, “I don’t fire people because of fake news and because of witch hunts” in an interview with NBC News on Saturday.
Aarav Patel for TROIB News
