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Hugo Lowell in Washington

Exclusive: how the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg got added to the White House Signal group chat

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Mike Waltz (left) and Jeffrey Goldberg. Composite: AP/Reuters

Donald Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz included a journalist in the Signal group chat about plans for US strikes in Yemen after he mistakenly saved his number months before under the contact of someone else he intended to add, according to three people briefed on the matter.

The mistake was one of several missteps that came to light in the White House’s internal investigation, which showed a series of compounding slips that started during the 2024 campaign and went unnoticed until Waltz created the group chat last month.

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