Hillary Clinton Hits at Trump Team’s Houthi Signal Chat Screwup After Years of ‘But Her Emails’ Scandal

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shared her surprise at the news a journalist had been mistakenly added to the Trump team’s Houthi rebel strike plan group chat with a mocking retort after years of criticism from MAGA about her email scandal.

Clinton took to X on Monday to express astonishment at The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg dropping his bombshell report, simply writing: “You have got to be kidding me.”

Goldberg revealed that same day that he had been inadvertently swept into a Signal group chat where top Trump administration officials — including National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Vice President JD Vance — openly discussed war plans against Houthi rebels in Yemen.

The Signal chain, named “Houthi PC small group,” reportedly included granular details on targets, weapons, and timing—some of which Hegseth allegedly sent two hours before the March 15 strikes began. Goldberg says he was added on March 13, seemingly without anyone realizing.

Clinton herself was the center of a massive controversy in 2016 for using a private email server while handling classified State Department information. Then-FBI Director James Comey famously described her as “extremely careless,” though not criminally liable in the saga dogged her 2016 presidential campaign against President Donald Trump and remains a core MAGA attack line.

Just one supporter managed to squeeze in a reply before Clinton shut down replies, writing: “Lock him right up” – jibing with the Trump supporter chant aimed at Clinton “Lock her up!”

But Clinton’s tweet ignited kickback from Republicans and Trump supporters online who piled on to protest that there was no comparison between the two instances.