Trump to be interviewed by The Atlantic's Jeffery Goldberg after Signal scandal
President Trump said Thursday that he will meet with The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, for an interview following the Signal chat scandal.
Why it matters: Goldberg prompted scrutiny of the Trump administration’s ability to handle sensitive information after he revealed that he was mistakenly added to the group chat with top administration officials.
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The inadvertent inclusion of the Atlantic editor on a Signal group chat sharing information about a pending U.S. military strike has created an uproar of accusations and denials. It’s also exposed a Pandora’s box of shoddy digital security practices within the Trump administration
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Related Knowledge Center: The White House vs. the press
Whether it’s the Des Moines Register’s publication of an unfavorable election poll, a routine edit of a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris, or the Associated Press’s decision in its authoritative stylebook to continue to use “Gulf of Mexico,” Donald Trump and the White House have used executive authority and legal reprisals in an effort to punish and suppress press coverage that runs contrary to the administration’s preferred narratives.
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