Trump responded to a scandal with the leakage of secret data in Signal: » This is fake news’ »
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US President Donald Trump said he did not plan to dismiss Michael Volz’s national security advisor after it became known that the editor -in -chief of The Atlantic Jeffrei Goldberg was added to the Signal Group Chat, where YEMI was highly set.
Source: Trump in interview NBC News
Details: Trump stressed that « does not free people through fake news and witch hunting », calling this story « fake » throughout the interview.
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Direct Language: « We had an extremely successful blow. We caused a very strong and very deadly blow. And no one wants to talk about it. Everything they want to talk about is nonsense. It’s fake news. »
Details: Despite his criticism and calls for dismissal, Trump stressed that he did not intend to punish his subordinates because of the situation he considers fabricated.
Direct Language: « I think it is just a witch hunt and fake news. We have caused an extremely successful blow. We have caused a very strong and very deadly blow. And no one wants to talk about it. Everything they want to talk about is nonsense. It’s fake news. »
Details: Trump in particular praised himself as a president.
Direct Language: « I have no idea what a signal is. I don’t care what is signal. All I can tell you is just hunting witches. This is the only thing I want to talk about because you have nothing to talk about. Because these were the best 100 days of presidency in our country’s history. »
That preceded:
- US Vice -Cresident Ji Di Vance and the head of the White House apparatus Suzuzi Wiles called Donald Trump to release his national security advisor because of the Signal correspondence scandal.
Prehistory:
- The editor -in -chief of The Atlantic Jeffrey Goldberg in the material on Monday, March 24, toldAs it was accidentally added to the group chat in Signal, where the Trump administration officials discussed the plans of the Hussite Air Force in Yemen.
- The chat participants published secret information, including national security issues and prompt intelligence, which cannot be disseminated outside the protected government communication systems.
- Volz took on « full responsibility » The inclusion of the editor of The Atlantic in a closed chat, but at the same time tried to blame the journalist that he « somehow leaked there. »
- Since Trump himself and his administration’s officials have repeatedly denied that the Chat was discussed secret information, The Atlantic was discussed on Wednesday published an article with specific data on the actions of aviation that struck the Yemen.
- Trump himself, meanwhile, insists that in the correspondence between his team in Signal There was nothingthat could « compromise » the plans of the attack in Yemen, although he acknowledged that someone may have been « shining. »
