CBS News is reporting Thursday that National security adviser Mike Waltz and his deputy, Alex Wong, will be leaving their posts in the Trump White House. CBS says that comes from multiple sources familiar with their departure.
They are expected to leave Thursday, sources say. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Waltz was under fire after a March Signal app chat was mistakenly sent to a reporter, The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg. The chat on the app, which is not approved for classified information, disclosed discussions around plans for a military strike on Houthi targets in Yemen.
Goldberg published the account later in The Atlantic initially leaving out details of the operation, but later published that as well after several top White House officials including Waltz denied classified information was shared. That includes Minnesota-native and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has since come under scrutiny for his own Signal chat messages shared with his wife, brother, lawyer and others.
There were reports at the time Trump was considering replacing Hegseth, but so far he has only backed the Defense Secretary.
The messages have included the timing of the strikes and the weapons packages used.
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Waltz admitted behind closed doors the authenticity of the reporting, and CBS says White House officials debated whether he should resign.
Waltz never made the offer, President Trump did not ask him to step down at the time, instead defending Waltz by calling him "a good man" who "learned a lesson."
According to the CBS report, one source familiar with the situation said the president thinks sufficient time has passed since the Signal incident that Waltz and Wong's departures can be framed as part of a reorganization.
The president has been hesitant to oust Waltz over the perception that doing so could be seen as bending to outside pressure.
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