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Al Jazeera Staff

‘Sloppy’: Trump downplays shock over leaked Signal chat about Yemen attack

President Donald Trump brushed aside concerns about the use of the app Signal for national security matters at a meeting in Washington, DC, on March 25 [Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters]

Democratic lawmakers have demanded the resignation of top-level United States government officials after an article in The Atlantic revealed editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was added to a group chat discussing plans for bombing Yemen.

The calls by several Democrats came as the White House remained in damage control mode on Tuesday, seeking to dismiss allegations that government secrets were at risk.

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