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Trump calls Signal chat fallout a 'witch hunt,' says the messaging app 'could be defective'


President Donald Trump downplayed the Signal chat leak Wednesday as a "witch hunt" and said, without evidence, that the encrypted messaging app "could be defective" as his administration struggles to stem the fallout.

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