Mike Johnson Downplays Group Chat Leaks As 'Officials Doing Their Job,' Gets Torched On X
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The House speaker told reporters Monday that Trump officials were merely "executing on a plan with precision," despite their messages going public.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is addressing the latest scandal from President Donald Trump’s administration, which saw top brass use a third-party messaging app to coordinate sensitive military strikes in Yemen — with a journalist added to the group chat.
Johnson was asked Monday whether he was concerned about “classified war plans” going public and said “the administration is addressing what happened” before arguing the messages showed nothing but professionalism.
“What you did see though, I think, was top-level officials doing their job, doing it well and executing on a plan with precision,” Johnson told reporters. “That mission was a success. No one was jeopardized because of it. We’re grateful for that.”
He continued, “But they will certainly, I’m sure, make sure that that doesn’t happen [again].”
Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, reported Monday he was inadvertently added to a group chat that included national security adviser Michael Waltz, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance.
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