U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz received emails via his personal email account but has never used that account to send classified material, the White House said after The Washington Post reported Waltz and other National Security Council members used Gmail for government work.

He has never sent classified material over his personal email account or any unsecured platform,” the spokesperson insisted.

Mary McCord, Former Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security at the Justice Department join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with reaction to new stunning reporting by the Washington Post,

Her quotes capped off a remarkable, weeklong stretch that began after The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, reported that he’d been added to a Signal group chat with senior White House defense officials, including Waltz and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in which the officials discussed plans to attack Houthi rebels in Yemen.

Wired reported that the national security adviser's list of friends on Venmo was public until Wednesday afternoon.

The White House considers the Signal chat leak case "closed," press secretary Karoline Leavitt told the media Monday.

Washington is roiled by the news that one of President Donald Trump’s top aides added a journalist to a group chat discussing military plans.

National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and a senior aide used personal Gmail accounts for government communications, according to a Washington Post report published yesterday.

In public, President Trump has defended his national security adviser. But behind the scenes, he has cast around for advice.