US President Donald Trump said that Mike Waltz, who has acted as a national security advisor, will become the United States Ambassador at the UN. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will be temporarily served as a national security advisor.
Earlier on Thursday, the American media reported that Waltz would say goodbye to the position of national security advisor.
Signal scandal
From March, he has been following, among others, the scandal called in the US “Signalgate”, related to the accidental addition of the editor -in -chief of The Atlantic magazine to discuss the most important politicians in the country with a planned US attack in Yemen. “Jeffrey Goldberg, who could follow the discussion and had insight into the detailed plans of hitting two hours before its conduct, was invited to the group chat in Signal.
In a later television interview, Waltz said he was taking full responsibility for this event.
Later, Politico reported that Waltz organized at least 20 group chats with the participation of administration officials using the Signal application – which is important commercially, not government, with security approved by American special services.
At the beginning of April, “The Washington Post”, citing sources in administration and documents obtained from them, reported that Waltz and his people They conducted business discussions by sharing sensitive information – using a private box Gmail, instead of using a business email.
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Source: Reuters, CBS
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