Signal, Waltz and U.N. Ambassador
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Senators questioned ex-Trump national security adviser Michael Waltz at confirmation hearing about a Signal chat that contained sensitive information.
Waltz is a former Green Beret and Florida representative who resigned from Congress to join the Trump administration. He served as national security adviser for roughly three months. Trump reshuffled his team and named Secretary of State Marco Rubio acting national security adviser on May 1.
President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Mike Waltz was dragged over the coals by Democrats on Tuesday during a hearing on Capitol Hill where he was repeatedly grilled over Signalgate.
Mike Waltz told lawmakers Tuesday at his confirmation hearing to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations that he plans to make the world body “great again,” echoing President Donald Trump’s message for revamping America.
Waltz repeated past denials that he did not commit any wrongdoing when he inadvertently added a journalist to a Signal app group chat earlier this year.
Mike Waltz, U.S. President Donald Trumps nominee for U.N. ambassador, emphasized the need for United Nations reform and a stronger American stance against China during his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday.
Former national security adviser Mike Waltz, testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in his bid to become U.N. ambassador, stood by the use of Signal in a chat that discussed sensitive military details earlier this year.