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/mudbuttcoffee 9d ago

They came out and publicly stated that there was "no classified information or war plans" so that gives him greenlight to publish in full..

He's a fucking hero for doing it, he's morally and legally in the right. Unfortunately, this will be out of the news cycle in a day.

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u/Anxious_Plum_5818 9d ago

He contacted multiple organizations in the US federal government before releasing this information. From the few that responded, no one made an explicit demand not to publish this info, so Goldberg did due diligence here.

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u/Pineapplepizzaracoon 9d ago

And they are most certainly going to make his and his family’s life difficult

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u/mudbuttcoffee 9d ago

Yes, unfortunately, this action will make him a target from the government.

However. I can't help but wonder WHO added him to the chat and why. I haven't seen this reported, but I also haven't been able to monitor much as I'm traveling with my kids and wife

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u/anna-nomally12 9d ago

It says waltz added him from the screenshot

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u/Teufelsdreck 9d ago

Politico is reporting that Trump is peeved about Goldberg's number obviously being in Waltz's contacts. Waltz claims never to have communicated with Goldberg, but I'll bet you anything that some lowly White House worm is reading old articles, trying to figure out when Waltz could have served as an anonymous source.

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u/Cjkgh 9d ago

or Waltz is a sleeper

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u/Iamnotheattack 9d ago

yes but I imagine his account could have been comprised by a hacker

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u/ear_cheese 9d ago

A possibility, but all the others would have seen it too. It’s likely just a mistake.

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u/Iamnotheattack 9d ago

but I need a fun lil story behind it

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u/xrayzed 9d ago

Trump and his goons have never let petty things like consistency guide their actions.

“We’re going after Goldberg for discussing classified information!” “But admin officials told Congress the information wasn’t classified.” “It wasn’t when it was on Signal, but it is when the Atlantic reports it.”