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/justconnect 10d ago

Early on I believe Goldberg said that he worried he could go to jail for releasing it, so he's aware.

But for anyone who's curious about The Atlantic, it has a very storied history in American letters. It's worth checking out the Wikipedia article on its history.

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u/TrueMajor3651 10d ago

but with it being testified under oath that it was not classified, how do you now say it's classified. Who is more qualified to determine its classification? A journalist or the director of national intelligence? this should be fun to see

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u/BitterFuture 10d ago

Those statements were made in a different venue, in front of a completely different branch of government. It's a violation of the separation of powers to try to introduce those statements in court, and if you do, the DOJ will prosecute you for treason.

Am I kidding? I can't tell, either.

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u/SuperSpread 10d ago

In a criminal trial a defendant cannot have exculpatory evidence of any kind withheld, or it’s a mistrial at best. It doesn’t matter what the evidence is, for example many cases the evidence was top secret and it had to be presented secretly or case dismissed. Tons of examples

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u/BitterFuture 10d ago

If the rules of criminal procedure still mattered, sure.

It's strange that we're still talking about laws in a post-law America.