Trump appears in denial, out of the loop, on whether Signal security breach disclosed classified details: ‘I really don’t know’

Published March 27, 2025 7:37am ET



TRUMP: ‘IT’S A WITCH HUNT. I WASN’T INVOLVED’: At a news conference yesterday, President Donald Trump seemed confused about the basic facts surrounding the improper use of the unclassified messaging Signal to discuss sensitive pre-decisional and real-time details of the March 15 attack on Houthi targets in Yemen. 

In the three days since the story broke in The Atlantic, Trump has apparently not been briefed on the debate that has consumed Washington and instead is reflexively dismissing the raging controversy as just another “witch hunt.”

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