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The Signal Scandal
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The Signal Scandal

DNI Director Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe attempted to clean up for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and NSA Mike Waltz, but ended up cooking their own goose.

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Mar 25, 2025
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A familiar Trump doctrine reemerged at today's Senate Intelligence Committee hearing centered on the Signal Scandal. When facts become inconvenient, deny, deny, deny. That's precisely what we're seeing in the Signal chat scandal.

No one is actually denying the chat took place, but they are all denying any classified information was shared on the group chat by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

Instead, Tulsi Gabbard and John Ratcliffe attempted to defend the release of detailed war plans over Signal chat by claiming it was not classified. It may have been an attempt to save the Defense Secretary, but by taking this preposterous position, Ratcliffe and Gabbard may have placed themselves in some legal jeopardy.

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