Karoline Leavitt reveals Elon Musk will help lead investigation into Signal chat fiasco

Karoline Leavitt reveals Elon Musk will help lead investigation into Signal chat fiasco
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Elon Musk offered his technical experts for the investigation (Screengrab/Fox News, Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is helping lead the probe into the Signal chat leak involving top national security leaders, including national security advisor Mike Waltz, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed Wednesday, March 26.

Goldberg claimed he was inadvertently added to a secret Signal group chat where President Donald Trump's Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, allegedly discussed a bombing plan in Yemen.



 

Elon Musk will help lead investigation into Signal chat leak

Karoline Leavitt said during Wednesday's White House press conference, "The National Security Council, the White House Counsel's Office, and also, yes, Elon Musk's team" will be leading the investigation into the Signal leak.

She added, "Elon Musk has offered to put his technical experts on this, to figure out how this number was inadvertently added to the chat — again, to take responsibility and ensure this can never happen again."

White House Senior Advisor, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk attends a cabinet meeting held by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on March 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. This is Trump's third cabinet meeting of his second term, and it focused on spending cuts proposed by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
White House Senior Advisor, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk attends a cabinet meeting held by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on March 24, 2025, in Washington, DC (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

The Atlantic’s initial report described the Trump administration as exchanging texts about "war plans", according to Fox News. However, the Trump administration stated that no classified material was shared in the chat, and Trump also defended Mike Waltz amid the fallout.

Moreover, Trump revealed on Tuesday, March 25, that a member of Waltz's office invited Goldberg to the chat but did not give additional information.

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - FEBRUARY 13: U.S. Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth holds his closing press conference at the end of defense ministers' meetings at NATO headquarters on February 13, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. NATO Defence Ministers are convening in Brussels for a meeting chaired by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. Hegseth marked the first visit to NATO by a member of the new Trump administration. High on the agenda for the allies will be ascertaining how the U.S. intends to influence the trajectory of the war in Ukraine, as the conflict nears the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth holds his closing press conference at the end of defense ministers' meetings at NATO headquarters on February 13, 2025, in Brussels, Belgium (Omar Havana/Getty Images)

Leavitt continued, "If this story proves anything, it proves that Democrats and their propagandists in the mainstream media know how to fabricate, orchestrate, and disseminate a misinformation campaign quite well."

She added, "And there's arguably no one in the media who loves manufacturing and pushing hoaxes more than Jeffrey Goldberg."

Leavitt stated that Signal is an "approved app" for government employees. She added that the "CIA has it loaded onto government phones because it is the most secure and efficient way to communicate."

Mike Waltz admits he added Jeffrey Goldberg to group chat 

Mike Waltz joined Fox News' 'The Ingraham Angle' on Tuesday and took responsibility for adding Jeffrey Goldberg to the Signal group chat. He claimed he believed the account belonged to someone else.

Waltz said, "I built the group. My job is to make sure everything’s coordinated."



 

He added, "Of course, I didn’t see this loser in the group. It looked like someone else. The person I thought was on there was never on there."

Co-Chair Committee on Platform Mike Waltz speaks on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Delegates, politicians, and the Republican faithful are in Milwaukee for the annual convention, concluding with former President Donald Trump accepting his party's presidential nomination. The RNC takes place from July 15-18. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
Mike Waltz speaks on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

He further said during the interview that he had just spoken to Musk about the matter and that the "best technical minds" would look into it.

The Tesla CEO is helping lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which has been going through federal agencies to look for government overspending, fraud, and mismanagement.



 

Waltz wrote on X on Wednesday, "No locations. No sources & methods. NO WAR PLANS. Foreign partners had already been notified that strikes were imminent. BOTTOM LINE: President Trump is protecting America and our interests."

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