New Poll Shows that 77 of Americans who Know About Signalgate Want a Congressional Investigation
Washington, D.C. — On Thursday, journalist Mark Haplerin reported that National Security Adviser Mike Waltz is expected to be removed from his position. Waltz, along with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, used unsecured chat app Signal to discuss sensitive and imminent military plans and Waltz even accidentally added Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg to the chat. On Monday, Exiled Policy released new poll results showing that of the Americans who have heard about Signalgate, 77 percent believe Congress should investigate the Trump administration’s group chat leak. Despite this, House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday changed House rules to prevent the chamber from launching inquiries into Signalgate until October.
The following is a statement from Demand Progress Executive Director Sean Vitka:
“Mike Waltz’s reported firing shows that the administration cannot ignore how serious Signalgate is. Waltz, and Defense Secretary Hegseth, put our servicemembers and national security at risk by recklessly chatting about imminent military plans on channels that could have been spied on by foreign adversaries—channels that Waltz compromised with his incompetence. Waltz’s firing is just the beginning of the overdue accountability that the American people, including our men and women in uniform, deserve. Congress must demand answers about how our military was exposed like this, and why.”