Judge in crosshairs of Trump deportation case orders preservation of Signal messages
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Judge Orders Trump Team to Preserve Leaked Military Signal Chat
Above: James Boasberg, then-incoming chief judge of the US District Court in Washington, D.C., on Monday, March 13, 2023. Image copyright: Valerie Plesch/Contributor/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The Spin
Anti-Trump narrative
Trump's cabinet blundered by letting a journalist into their Signal chat on Yemen strikes, and then compounded the folly by using disappearing messages, conveniently dodging federal records laws. Then, when faced with widespread humiliation, they absurdly blamed Signal's "defective" platform. The courts are rightfully holding the administration accountable in the face of their incompetence, reckless evasion of accountability, and disdain for transparency.
Pro-Trump narrative
The so-called Signal chat "scandal" has been overblown by not only the typical anti-Trump propaganda outlets on the left, but also neoconservative outlets too. What was initially a case of mistakenly adding a journalist to an unclassified chat was pounced on by these smear campaigners to smear Trump's team. Hysteria over Hegseth's role ignores facts, fueled by bias, not evidence. The White House is completely innocent and will be vindicated in due course.
Cynical narrative
While the media won't admit it, the Signal chat leak cut through partisan squabbles. While narrow-minded Republicans and Democrats bicker over blame, they miss the fact that this was a win for the American people. This leak finally peeled back the fraudulent veil of "classified secrets" and "national security" that only "high-ranking officials" were allowed to know about. These closed-door military meetings were always corrupt and hyper-exclusive — the public just got to see it now.