White House declares ‘case closed’ on Signal chat scandal
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There are plenty of lingering questions about the "Signalgate" fiasco.
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The Trump administration sought to put the scandal over its use of the Signal messaging app behind it on Monday, calling it case closed, even as the breach provoked bipartisan criticism and opened up...
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That appeared to be the message on Monday from White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, after she was asked for an update on any review into the fiasco that saw the number of The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg accidentally added to an exchange on the messaging app Signal in which top Trump officials discussed a war strike on Yemen.
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