We speak to the journalist behind Signalgate
Jeffrey Goldberg on dealing with Trump, and how the group chat happened
The journalist who was inadvertently included in a group chat among Trump鈥檚 senior cabinet leaders and national security officials tells Sarah Smith how it happened. He also responds to the White House鈥檚 furious reaction to his decision to publish the entire exchange of messages, with Donald Trump calling the reporting a 鈥渨itch hunt鈥 and declaring the Atlantic a 鈥渇ailed magazine鈥. He also calls for the Trump administration to acknowledge the security breach and 鈥渏ust go fix it鈥.
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Weekly insight and analysis on what's happening inside President Trump's White House.