Karoline Leavitt Defends Use Of Signal: 'Has Been An Approved App For Government Use'

3/27/2025

At her press briefing on Wednesday, Karoline Leavitt defended the use of Signal by top Trump Administration officials.

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00:00Caroline, the Republicans and Democrats alike have been expressing some concern about the

00:08frequency of which senior Trump officials have been using the Signal app.

00:12Has there been discussion, or will there be a review, about how often they use Signal?

00:17And if you could explain to us how they might be considering other applications to get away

00:24from something like this happening again.

00:26Sure.

00:27Well, first of all, Signal has been an approved app for government use.

00:30It's an encryptive app.

00:31And as I said, it's the most safe and efficient way of communicating, especially when people

00:37can't be in a SCIF or inside a room physically together.

00:41I think, as the President said yesterday, he wishes that everybody could be in the room,

00:45and it's our goal to ensure that everybody can be.

00:48But again, no classified information was discussed in this chat, and any time classified information

00:53is discussed amongst high-level officials across this administration, secure lines

00:58of communication are used, including, by the way, our special envoy, Steve Whitkoff, who

01:04I understand the Wall Street Journal erroneously reported that he was on this Signal chat on

01:08a personal device while in Moscow.

01:10That is absolutely false.

01:13Steve Whitkoff did not have his personal device, nor did he have his government device with

01:17him.

01:18He was given a classified, protected server by the United States Government, and he was

01:22very careful about his communications when he was in Russia.

01:26So rest assured to the American public, this administration is taking every precaution

01:30when it comes to protecting our national security.

01:33And that's why the American people reelected this President, because they know that our

01:37national security is in good hands with the President of the United States.

01:41Speaking of the Vice President, I understand he's going to be speaking any moment now.

01:45I would hate to counterprogram the Vice President of the United States.

01:48You'll also hear from the President at 3 o'clock.

01:50He will be honoring Women's History at the Women's History Month celebration.

01:54We have a lot of great women across our Cabinet who will be in attendance, so we'll see you

01:58all there.

01:59And then you'll also hear from the President again at 4 o'clock when he talks about tariffs.

02:02So plenty of time for more questions.

02:04Sorry it's a bit shorter today, guys.

02:05We'll see you later.

Karoline Leavitt Defends Use Of Signal: 'Has Been An Approved App For Government Use'

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