The National Security Council (NSC) has provided clarification on reports about Mike Waltz and his staff using personal Gmail accounts for government communications.

But his emails! Sharing them with Google! Senior members of the US National Security Council, including the White House national security adviser Michael Waltz, have been accused of using their personal Gmail accounts to exchange sensitive information.

Senior members of the Trump administration’s National Security Council — including its top national security adviser, Michael Waltz — used Gmail to conduct government business, The Washington Post reported, citing documents and three unnamed government officials.

Last week, National Security Advisor Michael Waltz inadvertently invited a journalist to a Signal chat discussing a planned military strike. Today, a new Washington Post report says that he has also discussed “sensitive military positions and powerful weapons systems relating to an ongoing conflict,” using his personal Gmail account.

According to three officials who spoke to the Washington Post, members of President Trump's National Security Council, including Waltz, have conducted government business over personal Gmail accounts.

National Security Adviser Mike Waltz speaks in the Cabinet Room on March 25. Photo: Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images National Security Adviser Michael Waltz and other senior officials used their personal Gmail account for government business,

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The Gmail accounts were used to discuss “sensitive military positions and powerful weapons systems relating to an ongoing conflict,” according to the Post, citing three unnamed government officials and emails reviewed firsthand by the newspaper.