Elon Musk to investigate Signal chat scandal involving senior US officials

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Elon Musk to investigate Signal chat scandal involving senior US officials
Elon Musk and Donald Trump

Elon Musk is helping lead the investigation into the Signal chat leak involving top national security leaders and the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, the White House press secretary said Wednesday.

"The National Security Council, the White House Counsel's Office and also, yes, Elon Musk's team" will lead the investigation into the Signal communications leak, press secretary Caroline Leavitt said during a White House press briefing on Wednesday.

"Elon Musk has offered to put his technical experts on this, to understand how this number was inadvertently added to the conversation, again, to take responsibility and ensure this never happens again," she continued.

The Trump administration is facing strong backlash from Democrats and other critics after Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg revealed in an article published Monday that he was added to a "Signal" group chat with top national security leaders, including national security adviser Mike Waltz, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and CIA director John Ratcliffe.

The group gave orders for the attack on Houthi rebels in Yemen, which many experts say constitutes a serious violation of national security and secrecy, and could have potentially put American lives at risk.

On his social network, "X", Elon Musk - who will now lead the investigation - has downplayed this event as something "harmless".


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