President Donald Trump’s national security advisor, Mike Waltz, has repeatedly landed in hot water in recent days, beginning with an uproar from Democrats over a Signal chat leak with high-ranking national security officials that has since snowballed,

President Trump reportedly fired several White House national security aides on Thursday after right-wing provocateur Laura Loomer dished dirt on their supposed “disloyalty” — despite no apparent disciplinary action for the leaked Signal group chat scandal.

U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz received emails via his personal email account but has never used that account to send classified material, the White House said after The Washington Post reported Waltz and other National Security Council members used Gmail for government work.

President Donald Trump has moved to fire several White House National Security Council officials, acting soon after being urged by far-right activist Laura Loomer to purge staffers she deemed insufficiently committed to his agenda.

Just seven days after the Signal chat scandal erupted, the White House announced that it doesn’t want to talk about it anymore. In fact, it was Monday when press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that, as far as she and her colleagues are concerned, “this case has been closed.”

U.S. President Donald Trump's national security adviser has never used his personal email account to send classified material, the White House said, following a report that Mike Waltz and other National Security Council members used Gmail for government work.

Several high-ranking White House National Security Council officials have been fired, according to three people familiar with the matter, in what appears to be the first significant purge of Donald Trump's second presidency.

Mr Waltz had his schedule and other work documents sent to his account, the Washington Post reported. Read more at straitstimes.com.