The White House on Wednesday asked Tesla CEO Elon Musk to lead a probe into the so-called SignalGate scandal, which refers to the accidental addition of a journalist to a national security chat on the encrypted messaging app Signal. 

Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic's editor-in-chief, reported on Monday that he was added to a chain last week containing messages from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, Vice President JD Vance, and 15 other senior national security officials. The discussion regarded the Defense Department's strike plans on the Houthis.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed to reporters that Musk had been asked to help lead the investigation, along with his team at the Department of Government Efficiency, per The Hill.

“Elon Musk has offered to put his technical experts on this to figure out how this number was inadvertently added to the chat, again to take responsibility and ensure this can never happen again,” she said. 

The White House Counsel's office and the National Security Council are also helping with the investigation. 

President Donald Trump said a staffer on Waltz's team was responsible for Goldberg's inclusion, and Waltz has denied ever meeting or talking to Goldberg. The journalist's invitation allegedly came from Waltz's account. 

Waltz has accepted "full responsibility" for the scandal.

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