{"id":2415546,"date":"2025-03-26T12:45:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T16:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/witkoff-denies-he-used-signal-chat-while-in-moscow\/"},"modified":"2025-03-26T14:33:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T18:33:12","slug":"witkoff-denies-he-used-signal-chat-while-in-moscow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/witkoff-denies-he-used-signal-chat-while-in-moscow\/","title":{"rendered":"Witkoff denies he used Signal chat while in Moscow"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwitkoff-denies-he-used-signal-chat-while-in-moscow%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2415546&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Steve Witkoff, a U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-admin-officials-resign-following-protest-at-capitol-building-which-left-4-people-dead\/\" title=\"... admin. officials resign following protest at Capitol Building, which left 4 people dead\">special envoy<\/a>,has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-calls-for-scrutiny-of-platforms-that-halted-gamestop-trading\/\" title=\"Cruz Calls For Scrutiny of Platforms That Halted GameStop Trading\">denied allegations<\/a> that he used the messaging application Signal during his recent trip to Moscow.A report from the *Wall Street Journal* claimed that Witkoff received messages on the app while abroad, suggesting he was overwhelmed with global crises. in response,Witkoff stated that he exclusively used a secure communication device provided by the U.S. government and that he had no personal devices with him during the trip. the White House supported Witkoff&#8217;s assertion,emphasizing that he was properly equipped for secure communications while in Russia.Flight data indicates Witkoff was added to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/orthodox-jews-slam-new-amazon-prime-regulations\/\" title=\"Orthodox Jews Slam New Amazon Prime Regulations\">group chat<\/a> about 12 hours after arriving in moscow but did not send any messages untill after leaving the country. His only recorded response in the chat occurred after his return to the U.S., corroborating his claims of limited communication capabilities while traveling.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Witkoff denies he used Signal chat while in Moscow<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2075322\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>U.S. special envoy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3356248\/putin-prayed-for-trump-after-assassination-attempt-witkoff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Steve Witkoff\">Steve Witkoff<\/a> denied using a sensitive Signal chat while in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/moscow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Moscow\">Moscow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An article from the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>, which cited &ldquo;press reports,&rdquo; alleged that Witkoff received messages from the Signal app while in Moscow. It used the report to say there was a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">building perception&#038;rdquo<\/a>; that Witkoff was &ldquo;out of his depth in dealing with world crises.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3359073\/trump-chaos-competence-controversial-signal-group-chat\/\">Trump, chaos, competence, and a controversial Signal group chat<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3357931\/democrats-trump-resistance-crisis-spreads-legal-world\/\">Democrats&rsquo; Trump resistance crisis spreads to the legal world<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3357963\/trump-turns-congress-white-house-faces-legal-setbacks\/\">Trump turns to Congress as White House faces legal setbacks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The White House was quick to respond. White House press secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PressSec\/status\/1904872597197578617\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Karoline Leavitt said Witkoff\">Karoline Leavitt said Witkoff<\/a> &ldquo;was provided a secure line of communication by the U.S. Government, and it was the only phone he had in his possession while in Moscow.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveWitkoff?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SteveWitkoff<\/a> was provided a secure line of communication by the U.S. Government, and it was the only phone he had in his possession while in Moscow. <\/p>\n<p>If the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board cared about the truth, they could have reached out to our team for comment before&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aFI5ALTwHQ\">pic.twitter.com\/aFI5ALTwHQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec\/status\/1904872597197578617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I am incredulous that a good newspaper like the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WSJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">@WSJ<\/a> would not check with me as to whether I had any personal devices with me on either of my trips to Moscow,&rdquo; Witkoff said in a post on X, quoting the statement. &ldquo;If they had, they would have known the truth. Which is, I only had with me a secure phone provided by the government for special circumstances when you travel to regions where you do not want your devices compromised.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that<em> Atlantic<\/em> Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg didn&rsquo;t recount him saying anything until that Saturday when he returned to the United States.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Guess why? Because I had no access to my personal devices until I returned from my trip. That is the responsible way for me to make these trips and that is how I always conduct myself,&rdquo; Witkoff said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am incredulous that a good newspaper like the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WSJ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WSJ<\/a> would not check with me as to whether I had any personal devices with me on either of my trips to Moscow. If they had, they would have known the truth.  Which is, I only had with me a secure phone provided by the government for&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5SqosUkYHv\">https:\/\/t.co\/5SqosUkYHv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Steve Witkoff (@SteveWitkoff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveWitkoff\/status\/1904886084879720683?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3356248\/putin-prayed-for-trump-after-assassination-attempt-witkoff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"PUTIN PRAYED FOR TRUMP AFTER ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT, WITKOFF REVEALS\">PUTIN PRAYED FOR TRUMP AFTER ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT, WITKOFF REVEALS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Flight data from FlightRadar24, viewed by CBS News, showed Witkoff arriving in Moscow shortly after noon on March 13. He was added to the &ldquo;Houthi PC small group&rdquo; chat about 12 hours later. <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/world\/1928053\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"He left Moscow\">He left Moscow<\/a> for the U.S. on March 14, with a stop in Baku, Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n<p>However, Witkoff didn&rsquo;t send any messages in the chat during his time in Russia. His first and only recorded message in the chat was sent at 5:47 p.m. on what appeared to be March 15. He responded to news of the effectiveness of the Houthi strikes with two prayer emojis, one flexed muscle, and two American flags. His lack of activity over the period lined up with his explanation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2075322\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2075322\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Witkoff refutes claims of using Signal chat in Moscow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2415547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Steve-Witkoff-Feb-2025.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548,546,538],"tags":[8458,15243,13538,44704],"class_list":["post-2415546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily","category-the-federalist","category-washington-examiner","tag-denial","tag-moscow","tag-signal","tag-witkoff"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Steve-Witkoff-Feb-2025.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2415546"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2415550,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415546\/revisions\/2415550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2415547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2415546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2415546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2415546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}