White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt refused to say whether anyone would lose their job over the Signal group chat leak during a press conference on Wednesday. Asked if she could categorically state no one would lose their job after a journalist was inadvertently added to a chat about US military plans, Leavitt dodged a direct response.
What I can say absolutely is what I just discussed with the president, and he still has faith in his national security team,” she replied.
President Donald Trump himself came to the defense of his national security adviser, Mike Waltz, in a Tuesday evening interview, brushing aside the scandal. “Michael Waltz has learned a lesson, and he’s a good man,” Trump said.
Leavitt asserted that Trump had read the complete collection of leaked messages that had been published by The Atlantic. She declined, however, to describe the material in the chat as classified, instead referring to it as a “sensitive policy discussion.”
The leak fallout has raised eyebrows in the administration. Some of Trump’s allies and officials feel Waltz’s efforts to contain the situation are exacerbating the problem. Moreover, government and military officials have sounded the alarm over Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s messages in the chat, describing them as “reckless and dangerous” for divulging sensitive operational information.
