Mike Waltz out as Trump's national security adviser: Reports

National security adviser Mike Waltz is leaving his post, marking the first major departure of President Trump’s second administration in the wake of a controversy involving a text group chat, according to multiple news outlets.

Waltz had been at the center of a controversy involving a group chat on the Signal app in which national security and defense officials were sharing key details of a military strike in Yemen. Waltz is said to be the person who inadvertently invited Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor in chief of The Atlantic, to the chat. 

CBS News, CNN and The Wall Street Journal, all citing multiple sources, reported Waltz is expected to depart the administration in coming days. His deputy, Alex Wong, is also expected to leave his post.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said she would not “respond to reporting from anonymous sources,” when asked about Waltz’s departure.

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