CIA Director John Ratcliffe and other top Trump national security officials were grilled by Democrats on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence over their involvement in the Signal group chat.

Officials in the former president’s administration, though, said they never used the app for classified information — and certainly never for war plans.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe defended his use of the encrypted communications app "Signal" to discuss planning for air strikes on Yemen that appear to have been accidentally shared with "The Atlantic" editor Jeffrey Goldberg,

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA director John Ratcliffe testified in a Senate Intelligence hearing that was pre-scheduled to deal with global threats.

National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe both downplayed the mishap at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing.