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The White House is continuing to assert that material included in the Signal group chat about a U.S. strike on Houthis in Yemen was not classified despite a second story published by The Atlantic on Wednesday disputing those claims.

Asked how they would characterize the discussion's contents to Americans, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said it was a "sensitive policy discussion."

"I would characterize this messaging thread as a policy discussion, a sensitive policy discussion, surely, amongst high-level Cabinet officials and senior staff," Leavitt said. She added that "the American public should decide for themselves based on the outcome of this operation and what happened in this operation."

Trump appeared on the "VINCE Show" podcast Wednesday, where he reacted to The Atlantic releasing messages of the Signal group chat, again attacking the journalist and saying that no war plans were released.

"Somebody in my group either screwed up or it's a bad signal. You know, it's a bad signal. Happens too, but seems to be maybe came in with a staffer, and it was by accident," Trump said.

"For what we can tell, we'll know pretty much today, I think, but we have some bigger guys checking out the phones, but it's something that is not a big deal, other than you want to find out who did it and how they did it because you don't want it to happen, you know, in the future you can have that happen,” Trump added.

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Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., presented posters displaying the purported Signal text chain with top Trump officials on Wednesday during a House Intelligence Committee hearing.

"This is classified information. It's a weapons system, as well as sequence of strikes as well as details about the operations," he told Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse.

The group chat came to light after it was reported in The Atlantic that its editor was added to the chat.

"This text message is clearly classified information. Secretary Hegseth has disclosed military plans as well as classified information. He needs to resign immediately. He needs to resign immediately and a full investigation needs to be undertaken," the congressman continued.

Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., also echoed those calls.

"This was a breach of security, and we won't do it again. It is outrageous, and it is a leadership failure, and that's why Secretary Hegseth, who undoubtedly transmitted classified, sensitive operational information via this chain, must resign immediately," he said.

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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was back on the Hill Wednesday to testify before the House Intelligence Committee and told its members that adding The Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg to the Signal chat was a "mistake," but that no classified information was shared.

"The conversation was candid and sensitive, but as the president and national security adviser stated, no classified information was shared. There were no sources, methods, locations or war plans that were shared. This was a standard update to the national security cabinet that was provided alongside updates that were given to foreign partners in the region."

She continued, "the Signal message app comes pre-installed on government devices. December of 2024 CISA stated, quote, 'we strongly urge highly targeted individuals to immediately review and apply best practices provided in the guidance to protect mobile communications, including consistent use of end-to-end encryption.' And they named signal as an app as an example of such an end-to-end encrypted messaging app."

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