The Trump administration’s pick to lead the Justice Department’s national security operations told senators he hadn’t read up on top government officials mistakenly including a journalist in a group chat about U.S. plans to bomb Yemen — refusing to deem the matter concerning.
John Andrew Eisenberg, a former National Security Council legal adviser, defended his decision to not familiarize himself with what’s become a burgeoning scandal — one that has already led to calls for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to resign or be fired.
“There are millions of things going on,” Eisenberg said. “I just didn’t happen to learn about this one.”