Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, disregarded the danger of a authorized menace from the Trump administration after he reported on a Sign group chat that includes high Trump administration officers.
“Jeffrey, I don’t have to tell you this, the administration has taken legal action against news organizations,” NBC Information’s Kristen Welker mentioned Sunday on “Meet the Press,” following clips of Trump administration officers slamming Goldberg. “Are you concerned that this administration will come after you?”
“No. I don’t get bullied. I’m not worried about that,” Goldberg replied. “They’re obviously being very, very silly there. There’s a playbook that, and you know this as a journalist, I’m not the only journalist to be the target of these kind of attacks.”
In his Sunday interview, Goldberg additionally pushed again on an earlier declare from nationwide safety adviser Mike Waltz, who was part of the chat that Goldberg was mistakenly added to.
Waltz had mentioned Tuesday that Goldberg’s telephone quantity was “sucked in” to his telephone by way of “somebody else’s contact.”
“This isn’t ‘The Matrix,’ phone numbers don’t just get sucked into other phones,” Goldberg mentioned Sunday. “I don’t know what he’s talking about there.”
“You know, very frequently in journalism, the most obvious explanation is the explanation,” Goldberg added. “My phone number was in his phone, because my phone number is in his phone.”
Goldberg detailed his time within the group chat in a report final Monday that rattled Washington and resulted in heightened fears round nationwide safety.
The Hill has reached out to the White Home for remark.
