Declines to give update

White House declines to give update on Signal chat investigation, calling the episode a "mistake"

From CNN's Betsy Klein

The White House declined to offer an update on its internal investigation into the Signal group chat of top Trump national security officials, calling the incident a “mistake.”

Asked by CNN this morning about the status of the investigation promised yesterday, press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that she did not have any new information, but said the White House has been “incredibly transparent about this entire situation.”

Senate Armed Services Chairman Roger Wicker has said that he and the top Democrat on the panel, Sen. Jack Reed, are formally asking the administration for an inspector general report on the Signal chat and a classified briefing from a senior official, but Leavitt said Thursday that the White House has yet to see any requests from Congress.

As top officials cast the group chat reporting as a “hoax” and seek to malign The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, Leavitt claimed the White House has “never denied that this was a mistake,” pinning blame on national security adviser Mike Waltz.

“We have never denied that this was a mistake, and the national security adviser took responsibility for that, and we have said we are making changes. We are looking into the matter to ensure it can never happen again,” she said.

Leavitt also highlighted Trump’s auto tariff announcement, calling it a “great thing for auto workers” as she previewed the promised reciprocal tariffs coming next week.