Trump team scrambles to handle fallout from Signal chat blunder

Intel officials say no classified info shared in group discussion

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CIA Director John Ratcliffe, right, and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testify before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in Washington on March 25. © Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The Trump administration sought on Tuesday to contain the fallout after a magazine journalist disclosed he had been inadvertently included in a secret group discussion of highly sensitive war plans, while Democrats called on top officials to resign over the security incident.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe -- both of whom were in the chat -- testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee that no classified material was shared in the group chat on Signal, an encrypted commercial messaging app.

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