Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., dismissed criticism over a leaked Signal group chat among Trump officials on Newsmax on Tuesday, calling the left’s media coverage “blown out of proportion.”

Mullin defended Trump’s team after the accidental inclusion of The Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg in a Signal group chat discussing a military strike in Yemen.

During an appearance on “Finnerty,” Mullin downplayed the controversy and accused left-leaning media outlets of inflating the incident to discredit Trump’s inner circle.

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