National security adviser Mike Waltz, under pressure over the “Signalgate” scandal, briefly attended Trump’s meeting with Loomer to defend his team, according to The New York Times, which previously reported the meeting. Axios previously reported on the NSC firings.

Democratic leaders of key House committees are reigniting calling for National Security Advisor Mike Waltz to step down.

When Donald Trump selected Mike Waltz to serve as national security adviser, the choice was widely seen as win-win: A combat veteran with four Bronze Stars would bring his judgment to the White House and his deep-red Florida House district was safe in Republican hands.

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.

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,

U.S. President Donald Trump's national security adviser has never used his personal email account to send classified material, the White House said, following a report that Mike Waltz and other National Security Council members used Gmail for government work.

As the president has made it very clear, Mike Waltz continues to be an important part of his national security team. And this case has been closed here at the White House, as far as we are

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