Comparing Trump Officials’ Comments on Leaked Signal Chat vs. Hillary Clinton’s Emails

WASHINGTON — The attempts by President Donald Trump and top leaders of his Administration to downplay a security breach that revealed military strike plans in a Signal group chat including a journalist stand in stark contrast to their reaction to Hillary Clinton’s use of a home server as secretary of state.

This time, they’ve largely focused their ire not on sweeping potential security lapses, or punishments as a result, but on the journalist who was errantly added to the group text and reported on it...