Top Trump aide in Signal chat was in Russia while the text stream was active—but denies he had personal or government-issued phone with him

Steve Witkoff, wearing a suit, looks to the left while standing outside. (Credit: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg—Getty Images)

• Special envoy Steve Witkoff was one of more than a dozen Trump administration members in a Signal group chat discussing sensitive information that inadvertently included Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg. While the text stream was active, Witkoff was in Russia meeting with President Vladimir Putin, according to flight data, CBS reported.

The location of a senior member of the Trump administration involved in a Signal group chat that inadvertently shared secret attack plans with a reporter has further raised concerns about a potential national security nightmare.