After Signal app, Google's Gmail becomes 'new headache' for Donald Trump's National Security Advisor Mike Waltz

Mike Waltz, the US National Security Advisor, is again facing criticism -- this time for using Google's email service Gmail. According to a report in Washington Post, Waltz used Gmail for official duties. This comes amid ongoing pressure to step down that Waltz is facing due to his involvement in the recent Yemen chat group controversy, where he was blamed for adding a journalist to a confidential group on Signal app.
The newspaper report claims that a senior aide to Waltz also used Gmail to discuss military positions and weapons systems, raising fresh concerns about the management of sensitive communications within President Donald Trump’s administration. The Washington Post report further claims that Waltz received work-related documents, including his schedule, via his Gmail account.

In response, the White House acknowledged that Waltz had received emails and calendar invitations from longstanding contacts on his personal email but noted that he had included government accounts in correspondence since the beginning of Trump’s term to comply with record-keeping regulations.
National Security Council spokesman Brian Hughes emphasized that Waltz “has never sent classified material over his personal email account or any unsecured platform,” dismissing the report as “the latest attempt to distract the American people from President Trump’s successful national security agenda.”
Hughes declined to address the Washington Post’s claims regarding Waltz’s aide, stating that the newspaper had not provided the White House with the specific sensitive details in question. He stressed that “any correspondence containing classified material must only be sent through secure channels,” a policy all NSC staff are briefed on.
The renewed scrutiny follows an embarrassing incident last month when Waltz accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief in a Signal group chat discussing airstrikes against Yemen’s Huthi rebels. Alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Waltz used the chat to share details about strike timings and intelligence, unaware that a journalist was privy to the sensitive exchanges.
Appearing on Fox News with Laura Ingraham last week, Waltz accepted “full responsibility” for the lapse, stating, “I built the group; my job is to make sure everything’s coordinated.”
Despite calls for their dismissal, President Trump has stood by Waltz and Hegseth, labeling the controversy a “witch hunt.” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt echoed this sentiment, telling reporters, “The case is closed, and the president continues to have confidence in his national security advisor.”
Nevertheless, the latest Gmail disclosures may again lead to demands for Waltz’s resignation.