#TheAtlantic / #JeffreyGoldberg screenshots first show #Witkoff contributing to the #Signal group chat on Saturday, after he left #Russia & returned to the #US, with a stop on Friday in Baku, #Azerbaijan; however that does not mean he wasn’t opening the app & reading the thread.

Via CBS:

#Russia has repeatedly tried to compromise #Signal …

#Witkoff arrived in #Russia shortly after noon local time on March 13, acc/to data from the flight tracking website FlightRadar24, & Russian state media broadcast video of his motorcade leaving Vnukovo Interntl Airport…. About 12hrs later, he was added to the "Houthi PC small group" chat on Signal…, to discuss the imminent military op….

#law #NationalSecurity #SignalGate #Trump #idiocracy #kakistocracy
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-envoy-steve-witkoff-signal-text-group-chat-russia-putin/

#Witkoff did not confirm in the post whether he had been using #Signal on a govt device or personal device. But when recounting why he was silent for portions of the group chat discussion, Witkoff said it was "because I had no access to my personal devices until I returned from my trip."

Witkoff's post also comes after Sen #AdamSchiff sent a letter to #Gabbard & him requesting info about their use of Signal & travel by March 31.

#Witkoff denied having a personal device w/him during his trip to #Russia, saying in a social media post that he had only a govt-issued secure phone during his travels & suggesting that was why he did not comment in the group chat for a period of time.

Witkoff's post was responding to an op-ed in The WSJ, which referenced media reports about Witkoff "receiving these messages on the commercial app while in Moscow."

#law #SignalGate #Signal #Trump #idiocracy #kakistocracy
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/signal-leak-houthis-pete-hegseth-mike-waltz-tulsi-gabbard-john-ratcliffe-6195ab3b

Yikes, even with all of this going on #Trump hasn’t even bothered to find out that #Signal is an app. He has no freaking idea what he’s talking about.

This idiot

#PeteHegseth spouts off on social media:

So, let's me get this straight. The Atlantic released the so-called "war plans" and those "plans" include: No names. No targets. No locations.

Then there a bunch of self-congratulating & a ridiculous number of emojis.

#TheAtlantic’s #JefferyGoldberg also published all 18 #Trump officials who participated in this #Signal group chat (19 members with Goldberg counted).

And here are screenshots of the OBVIOUSLY CLASSIFIED INFORMATION texts:

Just ICYMI

#TulsiGabbard was also outside of the #UnitedStates while she took part in the #signal group chat.

“Later in the hearing, #Gabbard also said she was overseas during the time the group chat discussions were underway, but [refused] to say whether she participated using her personal phone.”

#USpol #Trump #Signal #SignalGate #NationalSecurity #idiocracy #kakistocracy #Trump #JDVance #Hegseth #Ratcliffe #MikeWaltz #MarcoRubio #SusieWiles #Witkoff #StephenMiller
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5213210-national-security-leaders-signal-chat/

#NEW American Oversight is suing #Hegseth, #Gabbard, #Ratcliffe et al, saying their messaging via #Signal is a violation of the Federal Records Act.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.639187/gov.uscourts.nysd.639187.19.0_3.pdf

Asked if his top #NationalSecurity, #intelligence & #military officials shared classified information on #Signal, #Trump just refuses to answer

"Another question please"

18 USC 793(f)

just sayin

Senator #Ossoff’s questioning of #CIA director #Ratcliffe really was quite impressive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg1jbbVl7nc

United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was asked about the leak of Signal conversations that were disclosed to a journalist:

"So, you are talking about a deceitful and highly discredited so-called journalist who has made a profession of peddling hoaxes."