WASHINGTON – The now-famous group chat, made up of Trump administration national security officials and journalists, includes an accurate timeline for the US bombing of Yemen’s Hooty targets, revealing that one of the targets of the attack is under surveillance.

Despite newly revealed details of the leaked chat, executive officials, including President Donald Trump himself, continued to downplay the seriousness of the violation, and Congressional Republicans refused to join Democrats in calling for Defense Secretary Pete Hegses to step down.

The administrative authorities argued that the text lacked important information and that the “attack plan” revealed in the chat would be less harmful than the “war plan.” Trump aides also hinted at magazines that supported Trump’s opponents in each of his elections – had spinning the entire episode to distrust the administration.

What was called “Signalgate” began on Monday when the Atlantic published a stunning account of obviously accidental inclusion in a group chat by Goldberg titled “The Trump Administration accidentally texted war plans.”

Others in the chat were senior administrators discussing upcoming war operations.

Administrative leaders on Tuesday denied that they contained information classified as chat, including previous testimony from Congress. magazine The report was published on Wednesday Goldberg and staff writer Shane Harris claimed they would effectively include the entire chat transcript, up to Goldberg’s voluntary exit.

The management position was inconsistent with screenshots published in the Atlantic for detailed and explicit messages in chat. At the Capitol, concerns have been raised even among GOP allies that are normally witnessed by Congressional administration, with Roger Wicker, chairman of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, saying that information in the chat should have been categorized.

“The information recently released seems to be of such a sensitive nature that I wanted to categorize based on my knowledge,” Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, told reporters Wednesday.

Details of the attack have been revealed

in First storyGoldberg reported on March 11 that he added national security advisor Michael Waltz to a group chat about signals, including Vice President JD Vance, Hegseth, Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, Director of CIA Tulsi Gabbard, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and others.

Goldberg’s first story withheld the details of the chat, which he said he may have compromised on intelligence report collection and military operations.

However, after a day’s admin number claiming signal chat, while filling up Goldberg, the magazine, at the request of a CIA spokesman, published the entire thread with one edit, the name of Ratcliffe’s chief.

The unedited message shows Hegseth shared plans for the bombing campaign, showing that the first plane took off on March 15th and took off two hours before the start of the window of opportunity to hit the target.

According to Atlantic’s Wednesday story, Hegseth wrote in the chat on the day of the strike. “Now (1144et): The weather is advantageous. It’s just confirmed on St.com.

In the same message, Hegseth laid out the attack timeline, including confirmation that the target is where he expects.

“The target terrorist is @his known location so he should be on time,” writes Hegses.

He also said the operational security of the mission was “clean.”

Two hours and 15 minutes later, Waltz told the group that the bomb had destroyed a building where Hooty’s “top missile man” was believed to be present.

“The first target – the man in their top missiles – we had a positive ID that he stepped into his girlfriend’s building, and it’s now collapsed,” writes Waltz.

Tuesday’s refusal led to publication

Gabbard on Tuesday, previously scheduled for the US Senate Intelligence Committee. I said The information classified in the chat was not discussed.

Trump repeated the message, and Heggs said, “No one had texted the war plan, and that’s all I have to say about it.”

White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt wrote on social media:

“The facts about his latest story are: 1. The “war plan” was not discussed. 2. No documents classified as threads were sent.

Gabbard and Ratcliffe told the Senate Intelligence Email Committee they couldn’t remember the timing of certain weapons systems and the operations being discussed in the chat.

However, the Atlantic-issued transcription shows the smallest timeline for the launch of Hegseth’s F-18 aircraft.

The refusal led to the magazine’s decision to publish its full transcripts on Wednesday, Goldberg and Harris wrote.

“The statements from Hegseth, Gabbard, Ratcliffe and Trump, combined with the claims made by many administrations that we were lying about the content of the signal text, have led people to believe that they should look at the text to reach their conclusion,” they write.

“There is a clear public interest in disclosing the kind of information that includes Trump advisors on unsecured communications channels, especially as senior management figures try to underestimate the importance of shared messages.”

‘There’s no name. There is no target. ”

However, Hegus and other administration officials continued to deny the serious controversy on Wednesday.

“So, I’ll straighten this,” Hegses wrote Wednesday. “The Atlantic has released so-called “war plans” and those “plans”: no name. No target. No place. No units. No route. No sauce. No way.

“These are really shitty war plans.”

Waltz posted a similar message.

“There’s no place,” he wrote. “There is no source or way. There is no war plan. Foreign partners have already been notified of an imminent strike. Profit: President Trump is protecting America and our interests.”

White House counselor Alina Haba told reporters shortly after the exaggeration of the Second Atlantic story posted Wednesday morning.

“We’re standing by Mike Waltz, and he’s doing an incredible job,” she said. “I think this is a distraction.”

Bipartisans are asking for an investigation

However, key members of Congress were taking the issue more seriously.

Wicker said he and Rhode Island Sen. Jack Reed agreed to the next step.

He also said they are requesting that “advancers” come to the Capitol Hill safe facilities and provide a committee-classified briefing to ensure that reports are accurate.

Asked what he needed for Hegustes if the chat transcript was accurate, Wicker gained a tolerance.

“I make a lot of mistakes in my life,” he said. “And when I own it and say, ‘I’m human, I made a mistake,’ it turns out to be the best. And I am glad that no real damage was done in this case.

He also said no targets or specific timing were mentioned.

Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkovsky, a moderate who has expressed his criticism of Trump more frequently than most GOP colleagues, wrote in Wednesday’s X-Post that the incident should be a “wake-up call” to prioritize operational security.

“I am appalled by a terrible security breaches from management officials,” she wrote. “They can ignoring strict safeguards and secure channels, breach high-stakes operations and put service members at risk. I hope this serves as a wake-up call that operational security must be the number one priority for everyone.”

Dems urges Hegseth to resign

Many Democrats went further and discussed impending military action, asking Hegses to step down from using unclassified messaging platforms.

Gabbard and others noted that the Secretary of Defense can determine what information is categorized to claim that the chat does not contain categorized information.

However, critics said whether information is technically classified and that disclosure would put a greater risk to service members.

Mark Warner, vice chairman of the Intelligence Email Committee for Virginia Democrats, wrote on social media on Wednesday. “The Secretary of Defense was blowing them up to unknown numbers through unclassified channels. It’s sloppy, careless, dangerous. He should resign.”

Warner spokesman Rachel Cohen added that despite the administration’s denial, information revealed in the Atlantic would compromise sources and methods.

“They can keep doing this over and over, but that’s not true,” she wrote, responding to Hegses’ post. “These messages released by the Atlantic are sources of information that reveal targeting and weapon information that would have been considered at least at the “secret” classification level.”

Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer, top Democrats in the US House and the US Senate and US Senate in New York, sought Hegseth would lose his job.

“If he is not enough to get into a mistake and resign from dishonor, the Secretary of Defense should be fired immediately,” Jeffries said Wednesday.

“I should be fired,” Schumer told reporters at the Capitol.

Last updated at 3:13pm, March 26, 2025