UN Ambassador Nominee Waltz Downplays 'Signalgate' Controversy

Thursday, July 17, 2025

U.N. ambassador nominee Mike Waltz denied any sensitive information was shared during a controversial mobile app chat in March while undergoing a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Tuesday.

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Former national security adviser Mike Waltz defended his use of the messaging app Signal during a confirmation hearing where lawmakers largely avoided the topic.

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... The hearing was the first Congressional appearance by Waltz since his controversial participation in a Signal app chat that inadvertently included a journalist while discussing a pending military operation in March against Houthi targets in Yemen.

Waltz was the Trump administration's national security adviser when the chat occurred, but no mention of the Signal chat occurred until past the hearing's first hour.

Sen. Chris -----, D-Del., raised using the Signal app to discuss classified matters, which since has been dubbed "Signalgate."

Waltz said no classified information was shared during the discussion that accidentally included The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg.

"That engagement was driven by and recommended by the CyberSecurity Infrastructure Security Agency [and] by the Biden administration," Waltz said, as reported by ABC News. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-16 12:16 AM | Reply

@#1 ... That engagement was driven by and recommended by the CyberSecurity Infrastructure Security Agency [and] by the Biden administration," ...

So, the usual [lame excuse] of blaming it on the Biden admin, instead of taking responsibility for what he did?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-16 12:19 AM | Reply

"So, the usual [lame excuse] of blaming it on the Biden admin"

Hey, remember Biden and the Democrats, and how we told you were evil and incompetent and hiding the Epstein Files?
Yeah, we didn't check on their security stuff at the highest levels when we took over.
We figured they had everything locked down tight, seeing as they were so good at running the country.

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-16 12:24 AM | Reply

Another ------- -------. ---- Trump and everyone associated with that fat ------- ------.

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-07-17 11:23 PM | Reply

"UN Ambassador Nominee Waltz Downplays 'Signalgate' Controversy"

As another in the long and sorry parade of Trump's MAGAt fools he would, wouldn't he?

#5 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-07-18 05:19 AM | Reply

I love all the deflection and blame thrown onto Biden. Any mention of the pix on Hunter's laptop? You know, the ones that got the bleach blond butch body and Barkeep Barbie all atwitter? Asking for some randy women...

#6 | Posted by catdog at 2025-07-18 08:19 AM | Reply