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National security advisor Mike Waltz reportedly ‘purged’ following Signalgate.

CBS News and Politico are reporting that both National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and his deputy, Alex Wong, will leave their posts in the Trump White House. Waltz has confirmed he created the “Houthi PC Small Group” chat on Signal in March and invited The Atlantic EIC Jeffrey Goldberg, who later reported on his inadvertent access to key information about active military operations in Yemen.

Fox News reports that both Waltz and Wong “were purged” on Thursday following last month’s leak.

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