The “case has been closed” at the White House after the high-profile leak of a Signal group chat in which leading Trump administration officials discussed plans for airstrikes on Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on Monday.
Leavitt also indicated that National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, who has taken responsibility for the breach, will stay on the job.
“As the president has made it very clear — Mike Waltz continues to be an important part of his national security team and this case has been closed here at the White House as far as we are concerned,” Leavitt told reporters.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on the Signal group chat:
“As the president has made it very clear — Mike Waltz continues to be an important part of his national security team. This case has been closed here at the White House.”
