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BumRushDaShow

(149,911 posts)
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 03:18 AM Thursday

Elon Musk's team helping investigate how journalist was added to private Signal chat

Source: Scripps News

Posted 3:34 PM, Mar 26, 2025


Tech mogul Elon Musk, who serves as an adviser to the president, is now involved in the investigation into how a journalist was added to a group chat on Signal involving top Trump officials.

"Musk has offered to put his technical experts on this to figure out how this number was inadvertently added to the chat, again, to take responsibility and ensure that this can never happen again," said White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. She added that the National Security Council and the White House Counsel's Office are also involved in the investigation.

Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief for The Atlantic, published two articles this week detailing how he received a connection request on the encrypted app from a user identified as Michael Waltz.

After accepting the request, he was in a group chat involving 18 top government officials, including Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz. The officials discussed an attack on Houthi rebels in Yemem. On Wednesday, Goldberg published a message from Hegseth that detailed the precise timing of attacks and the assets involved.

Read more: https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/president-trumps-first-100-days/elon-musks-team-helping-investigate-how-journalist-was-added-to-private-signal-chat

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Elon Musk's team helping investigate how journalist was added to private Signal chat (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Thursday OP
Ah well, BlueMTexpat Thursday #1
What's to investigate? BDavinciNY Thursday #2
Maybe on purpose, in line with T's encroachment M.O. BadgerKid Thursday #3
I'd rather know who (Musk?) in the administration overrode the warnings on using Signal for communications. sinkingfeeling Thursday #4
Why is this illegal immigrant involved in this? travelingthrulife Thursday #5
President Musk Miguelito Loveless Thursday #6

BDavinciNY

(106 posts)
2. What's to investigate?
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 03:32 AM
Thursday

How is Musty going to get down to the bottom of how a reporter got into the Signal group chat when the guy Michael Waltz invited him in!! Hey there could have been a reason why he wanted him there.I guess that's the "investigation" that Musty wants to have. See how he kicks it with the Plastered Pete!!

sinkingfeeling

(54,789 posts)
4. I'd rather know who (Musk?) in the administration overrode the warnings on using Signal for communications.
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 09:04 AM
Thursday

Miguelito Loveless

(4,883 posts)
6. President Musk
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 02:48 PM
Thursday

will declare that the journalist did something underhanded to get on the thread, then prosecute him under the Espionage Act.

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