The Trump administration tried to paint the Atlantic editor as a liar, so he felt compelled to prove them wrong -- and he had the receipts.

Mr. Goldberg, who was included on a private text thread discussing war plans, was a longtime national security reporter who became editor of The Atlantic in 2016.

President Donald Trump defended his national security team and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in particular, on Wednesday amid the fallout from the Signal messaging app scandal. On Monday, the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg reported that he was inadvertently added to a Signal group chat by national security adviser Mike Waltz earlier this month.