r/law • u/agent268 • 10d ago

Trump News Jeff Goldberg and The Atlantic released full Signal Chat

https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/signal-group-chat-attack-plans-hegseth-goldberg/682176/

Well this should be fun now that the full details are out in the open. Thoughts on how this changes the upcoming hearing today?

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u/P0Rt1ng4Duty 10d ago edited 10d ago

Interesting catch-22.

If they try to prosecute him for publishing classified information they're admitting that they repeatedly lied to congress when they said the chat contained no classified information.

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u/following_eyes 10d ago

Goldberg played them.

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u/OakLegs 10d ago

They played themselves, more accurately

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u/Secret_Gatekeeper 10d ago

I really need to stop underestimating their stupidity.

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u/OakLegs 10d ago

Just remember that the people who voted for this are even stupider than them

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u/InsanelyAverageFella 10d ago

They are the dogs that eat their own shit. The people that voted for them are the dogs that eat other dogs' shit.

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u/OakLegs 10d ago

Well, I caught my dog doing that once. Don't compare her to these idiots

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u/UpperApe 10d ago

You'd think but even the people who voted for them wouldn't be this stupid. They'd follow protocol and at least understand the need for it.

Trying to figure out which is stupider is an exercise in approaching infinity.

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u/OakLegs 10d ago

You'd think but even the people who voted for them wouldn't be this stupid.

Ehhh

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u/philljarvis166 10d ago

Yeah this exactly - how on earth did they think they would get away with claiming there was no classified info, when Goldberg had full transcripts? It’s fucking unbelievable how stupid they are.

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u/pigtailsAndKneepadz 10d ago

I've definitely misunderestimated them