White House says it has closed its investigation into Signal controversy

The White House on Monday announced that it considers the investigation into how a reporter was added to a major national security group chat on Signal as closed.

Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic's editor-in-chief, last week revealed that he was accidentally added to a group chat containing messages from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, Vice President JD Vance, and 15 other senior national security officials. The discussion regarded the Defense Department's strike plans on the Houthis.

The White House tapped Tesla CEO and President Donald Trump ally Elon Musk last week to lead the investigation. 

“This case has been closed here at the White House, as far as we are concerned,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters. “There have been steps taken to ensure that something like that can obviously never happen again moving forward. The president, Mike Waltz, and his entire national security team have been working together very well, if you look at how much safer the United States of America is because of the leadership of this team."

Leavitt did not specify what actions were taken to prevent the incident from happening again. 

Trump previously indicated that a staffer on Waltz's team mistakenly added the reporter, but Waltz has taken responsibility for the issue as the person who organized the chat.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.