Mike Waltz Touts Atlantic Texts Release as Proof ‘NO WAR PLANS’ Were Shared

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President Donald Trump’s national security advisor Mike Waltz touted the release of more logs from the group chat he accidentally invited a journalist into as proof that “NO WAR PLANS” or classified material was shared in the chat – even as others claim the logs demonstrate the opposite.

The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg dropped an article Monday reporting how Waltz had added him to a Signal group chat in which the top American national security officials — including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Vice President JD Vance — discussed plans to strike Houthi rebels in Yemen.

On Wednesday, after repeated denials from those involved in the chat, including from Hegseth, and White House attacks on his character, Goldberg published a follow-up article including more of the chat logs to prove sensitive information was discussed prior to and as the attack unfolded.

Waltz took to X moments after publishing to argue that follow-up release showed no sensitive operational information was shared in the chat.

The line was echoed by Vance, who tweeted that The Atlantic had “oversold” what it had.

Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), who interrogated Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA director John Ratcliffe during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on the matter Tuesday, had the opposite take.

Reacting on MSNBC’s Morning Joe he said that on the basis of the new logs he believed the “two witnesses lied” under oath when they denied classified material was shared in chat.