Waltz Breaks Silence: ‘Never Met’ Atlantic Editor

White House national security adviser Mike Waltz commented publicly for the first time Tuesday since the editor of a magazine was inadvertently invited into a group thread about military plans in the Middle East.

At a meeting at the White House, Waltz said he has “never met” and “never communicated” with Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, The Hill reported.

“There’s a lot of journalists in this city who have made big names for themselves making up lies about this president,” Waltz said. “Whether it’s the Russia hoax or making up lies about Gold Star families, and this one in particular I’ve never met, don’t know, never communicated with, and we are looking into and reviewing how the heck he got into this room.”