When Donald Trump first sought the presidency, one of his main issues against Democratic rival Hillary Clinton was her use of a private email server for communications, including some with secret or classified information.
Though the Justice Department absolved Clinton of any wrongdoing, FBI Director James Comey’s unfortunate reopening of the case in the week before the election may have played a significant role in Trump’s narrow victory.
The irony of the situation is that, both in office and in between, Trump has displayed a far more dangerous disregard of the requirements for security than Clinton.
The controversy over including The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg on a Signal app message chain detailing the timeline for a forthcoming U.S. attack is just the latest of these incidents.
Administration officials insist the information wasn’t classified. “There’s no units, no locations, no routes, no flight paths, no sources, no methods, no classified information,” the current defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, told the NewsHour.