One source said the firings come after Laura Loomer presented President Trump with opposition research on NSC staffers she views as neoconservatives or not sufficiently loyal to him.

Trump’s National Security Adviser was using Gmail for sensitive discussions—which is far less secure than Signal.

Senior members of the Trump administration’s National Security Council — including its top national security adviser, Michael Waltz — used Gmail to conduct government business, The Washington Post reported, citing documents and three unnamed government officials.

National Security Advisor Mike Waltz accidentally added a journalist to a Signal group chat about classified military action in Yemen. The chat included top Trump administration officials, including Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

National security advisor Michael Waltz commented on the Signal text chain leak during an appearance on "The Ingraham Angle."

The news about Waltz’s Venmo list comes as the former congressman from Florida has done his best to deflect from another operational security scandal that’s blown up this week. Waltz accidentally added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine,

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WCIV) — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has thrown his support behind President Trump's national security team in the wake of top federal government officials revealing sensitive information about an ongoing military operation in Yemen to a journalist who was mistakenly added to a group chat.

The officials with decades of experience said it was unprecedented to have sensitive deliberations outside secure government communications systems.

The Washington Post reports that members of the White House's National Security Council have used personal Gmail accounts to conduct government business. National security advisor Michael Waltz and a senior aide of his both used their own accounts to discuss sensitive information with colleagues,