Most lawmakers on Capitol Hill are worried about the security of sensitive materials being in the hands of the Trump administration, our latest survey found.
More than three-quarters of senior Hill staff (76%) said their boss was concerned about how the Trump administration handles and distributes sensitive materials following the Signal chat controversy.
That includes 100% of Democrats who took the survey and 52% of Republican staffers.
The survey was conducted in the weeks leading up to President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to fire National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and his deputy Alex Wong last week. Waltz, who is now Trump’s U.N. ambassador nominee, was at the center of the SignalGate scandal.
Among survey responses, 84% said their lawmaker was concerned about Waltz adding The Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg to the Signal chat that included discussions of sensitive defense plans.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard were also involved in the Signal chat, but have so far kept their jobs. Hegseth has since been embroiled in a second Signal chat controversy and is under investigation by the Pentagon inspector general.
The survey was conducted April 7-28 in partnership with LSG, a public affairs firm.
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