EXCLUSIVE: Multiple career intelligence staff confirm Biden admin DNI Avril Haines used Signal "all the time and on her personal phone"

Biden administration Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Avril Haines used Signal “all the time and on her personal phone,” according to multiple career employees’ exclusive statements to the Washington Reporter.

The reports from career intelligence staffers of Haines’ use of Signal now complicates efforts by Democrats and their allies in the media to attack top national security officials in the Trump administration for utilizing the messaging app.

“She used it all the time,” one source added to the Reporter, noting that the then-DNI was using Signal “on her personal phone.” Attempts to reach Haines via phone, email, and LinkedIn were unsuccessful.

The revelation came as a shock to senior House Republicans, including several on the Foreign Affairs and Intelligence Committees. At least one Republican is likely to press for further answers on the matter.

The Reporter previously covered how Democrats in Biden’s orbit and in the United States Senate have relied on the encrypted messaging application. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D., Texas) even praised the application a few days ago.

Several other top intelligence officials in the Biden administration reportedly relied extensively on Signal to conduct their jobs; the Reporter will follow up on these tips in the coming days.

The Reporter reached out to Sens. Mark Warner (D., Va.), Dick Durbin (D., Ill.), Tim Kaine (D., Va.), and Chris Murphy (D., Ct.), as well as Reps. Hakeem Jeffries (D., N.Y.) and Jamie Raskin (D., Md.) — all have fiercely criticized Trump officials for using Signal; none responded to requests for comment.