Mike Waltz in photos with a signal app in the White House after Group Chat scandal seen in photos

Mike Waltz, the descending national security advisor in the center of “Signalgate”, can be seen in new photos that are requested during a cabinet meeting of President Donald Trump with the application from Commercial messaging.

The former Republican Congressman from Florida is expected to leave his role of the White House, a source that is familiar with the situation that was confirmed on May 1, the Joey Garrison of the USA. The decision is made after the failure of a scandal, where he and other prominent government officials entertain a signal from the consequences of a scandal about a planned US military strike in Yemen.

Trump said on May 1st in a post about the truth that he wants Waltz to continue in his administration as a US ambassador in the United Nations

The recent photos show that Waltz, who only held his position for a little more than three months, held down on his phone, while he stopped signal on April 30th.

In response to the photos of Waltz, Steven Cheung, communication director of the White House in an X -Post: “Signal is an approved app that is invited to our government telephones. Thank you for your attention for this matter.”

The photo comes to Trump, in an interview with the Atlantic on April 24, his displeasure with the use of the signal app by the administration by his administration. He revealed that he doesn't use it.

“I think we learned: Maybe you don't use signal, okay? If you want to know the truth,” said Trump. “To be honest, I would say that they should not use a signal, although it was used by many people. But whatever it is whoever it has, I wouldn't want to use it.”

How was Mike Waltz involved in 'Signalgate'?

The chat of the signal group between Waltz and other officials became public knowledge after reporter Jeffrey Goldberg was incorrectly accepted for their ongoing conversation. In an article dated March 24 for the Atlantic, Goldberg wrote that Waltz added him to chat.

The conversations in the chat in which Goldberg in relation to planned US air attacks on the Iran were held in the Yemen in Jemen in Jemen in the Yemen in Iran were exchanged in front of the air raids. A message exchange includes Waltz, which reacts to the news of an air raid with emojis of an American flag, fire and a fist.

Golberg's reporting, to which he described in detail how he could see descriptions of the weapons used and the time of the strikes, led Democrats to demand discussions about security violations and the resignation of Waltz and US defense minister Pete Hegseth.

When the Atlantic article revealed the Signal Chat, Waltz said that he had taken over “full responsibility” for the “embarrassing” mistake and added that he “built the group”.

Trump defended Waltz in immediate episodes of “Signalgate”

Trump defended Walzer publicly after the signal chat and the discussions with confidential information were published. Other members of the chat vigorously refused to share all classified military plans.

Once said Trump in “Greg Kelly Reports” that he believed that a “lower” employee was to blame Goldberg in the chat, not for waltz.

“Michael Waltz has learned a lesson and he is a good man,” said the president in an interview with NBC News and called the situation “the only mistake in two months, and it turned out that it was not serious.

Before he came to the congress, Waltz worked in the Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Robert Gates in the Pentagon in the Bush government. He was also a fight against terrorism of the former Vice President Dick Cheney.

This story has been updated to add new information.

Contribution: Cybele Mayes-Osterman and Joey Garrison, USA Today

This article originally appeared in USA Today: Photos: Mike Waltz with a Signal app in Cabinet Meeting