Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser Michael Waltz will be “leaving his post next week”, multiple sources close to the White House have claimed.
He will also be joined by his deputy, Alex Wong, with the pair stepping back from their roles on Thursday.
Waltz came under scrutiny in March after he put together a Signal chat and mistakenly included The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg.
In the group, called “Houthi PC small group”, confidential military plans including strikes in Yemen were discussed.
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Vice President JD Vance and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth were also part of the group.
Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of the publication, later wrote about the incident extensively, sharing screenshots from the group chat.
The editor wrote up how he was privy to chats over operational details, as well as other sensitive information.
The strikes eventually took place on March 15 and saw over 50 people die.
Waltz is the first major administration member to leave during Trump’s second term.
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