Full List of Trump Officials on Signal Text Chain With Journalist

Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, said he was accidentally included on a Signal messaging thread with several Trump administration officials discussing military plans. Here is a list of those officials in the group chat.

Why It Matters

Trump administration officials are facing bipartisan criticism and calls for their resignation for allegedly discussing their military plans on Signal and accidentally including a person without the security clearance to access that information on that text chain in which they discussed plans for airstrikes on Houthi-held areas of Yemen.

Critics say the breach could have compromised the operation and posed a broader risk to U.S. national security.

What To Know

Goldberg wrote that a total of 18 Trump administration officials were included in the text group but did not confirm the identities of every individual.

Brian Hughes, a spokesperson for the National Security Council, confirmed the authenticity of the message chain to Goldberg and said the administration was "reviewing how an inadvertent number was added to the chain."

Goldberg wrote that he first received a Signal connection request on March 11 and that the conversations about the strike against the Houthis—who have been launching attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea for over a year—unfolded over several days and allegedly included sensitive details about the strike.

Here is the full list of individuals who have been identified as being on the text chain, according to Goldberg.

1. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
2. Vice President JD Vance
3. National security adviser Michael Waltz
4. CIA Director John Ratcliffe
5. Director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard
6. White House chief of staff Susie Wiles
7. A person identified as "MAR," who Goldberg wrote is likely to be Secretary of State Marco Rubio
8. A person identified as "SM," who Goldberg wrote is likely to be Stephen Miller
9. Joe Kent, Trump's nominee to lead the National Counterterrorism Center
10. U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff
11. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

What People Are Saying

President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday in response to a question about the incident: "I don't know anything about it. I'm not a big fan of The Atlantic. To me, it's a magazine that's going out of business. I think it's not much of a magazine. But I know nothing about it ... You're telling me about it for the first time."

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on X: "Jeffrey Goldberg is well-known for his sensationalist spin. Here are the facts about his latest story: 1. No "war plans" were discussed. 2. No classified material was sent to the thread. 3. The White House Counsel's Office has provided guidance on a number of different platforms for President Trump's top officials to communicate as safely and efficiently as possible."

Democratic Representative Eric Swalwell told MSNBC: "Pete Hegseth thinks that Pete Hegseth should be fired. If you listen to what he has said over the years on his weekend shows, he has called out people for instances of national security, that were not even close to what he did as far as his breach, for them to be gone. So it's actually remarkable to me that as we talk right now Pete Hegseth has not resigned."

What Happens Next

Two of the officials included on the list, Gabbard and Ratcliffe, are set to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Tuesday.