Apr 1, 2025 - Politics & Policy

White House says Signal case is "closed," as investigation calls grow

Rebecca Falconer

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters in the driveway of the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, March 31, 2025. — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters Monday in the driveway of the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C. Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

The Trump administration has taken action to ensure a Signal group chat that inadvertently included The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg can never happen again, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday.

Why it matters: There have been growing calls from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle for an investigation into the Signal scandal, with Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee the latest to call for an independent probe in a letter Monday to director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.

What they're saying: "As the president has made it very clear, Mike Waltz continues to be an important part of his national security team, and this case has been closed here at the White House as far as we are concerned," Leavitt told reporters Monday.

"There have been steps made to ensure that something like that can obviously never happen again, and we're moving forward," added Leavitt, without further elaborating on the action taken.

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