Mary McCord, Former Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security at the Justice Department join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with reaction to new stunning reporting by the Washington Post,

He has never sent classified material over his personal email account or any unsecured platform,” the spokesperson insisted.

Democratic leaders of key House committees are reigniting calling for National Security Advisor Mike Waltz to step down.

Amid the backlash to the Trump administration’s use of the private messaging app Signal for sensitive U.S. military planning in Yemen, Politico reported Wednesday that national security adviser Mike Waltz’s team set up at least 20 such chats.

The Washington Post is reporting that National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and his staff used their personal Gmail accounts for government communications. Washington Post national security reporter John Hudson joins Ana Cabrera to explain more.

House Homeland Security Committee ranking member Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) said that Gmail is "far less secure than Signal. Not only is it a security risk — it's another flagrant skirting of recordkeeping laws.

Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Waltz had “created and hosted multiple other sensitive national-security conversations on Signal with cabinet members,” including chats centered around brokering a lasting peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.

Mr Waltz had his schedule and other work documents sent to his account, the Washington Post reported. Read more at straitstimes.com.