A DHS Official Also Added a Journalist To a Chat Discussing Sensitive Matters; Unlike Waltz, She Was Disciplined

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Signalgate, the discussion by top Trump officials of highly sensitive information in a messaging app, as well as the inadvertent inclusion of a journalist in the group chat, continues to dominate headlines.

Now, a similar case that took place recently in the Trump administration and led to strict disciplinary measures could put further pressure on national security adviser Mike Waltz, who created the group and added The Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg to the conversation.

Concretely, NBC News reported that a longtime Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official had a similar lapse in late January, sending unclassified details of an upcoming Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation to a journalist.

However, unlike Waltz and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who shared several details of the ongoing operation, the official was disciplined. She was placed on leave and was told late last week that her security clearance would be revoked, the outlet added, citing two people familiar with the matter.

President Donald Trump has been expressing frustration with Waltz, but there is no talk about letting him go at the moment, the outlet reported in a separate piece. It added that Trump is not only angry at the fumble, but also that the special election called to replace him in the House of Representatives is shaping up to be more competitive than expected.

The group chat remains the most contentious issue, however, as a new poll shows that a majority of Republicans believe it to be a serious problem. Concretely, a survey by YouGov showed that 60% of Republicans said that was the case in their view. The figure is lower than the 72% of Independents and 89% of Democrats, but conveys the seriousness of the matter even among Trump's most staunch supporters.

Overall, 74% of respondents said that the use of the group chat to discuss the strikes was a very (53%) or somewhat (21%) serious problem, showed the poll, conducted among 5,976 U.S. adults. Over a quarter of Republicans (28%) said it was a "very serious" problem. Only 13% of respondents said the matter was not very serious or not serious at all.