When you lie about not meeting someone, you should first make sure there are no photos of yourself with the person you say you've never met.

Trump national security advisor Mike Waltz (5th from right) next to The Atlantic reporter Jeffrey Goldberg (4th from right), showing that the two had met prior to the Atlantic editor-in-chief being allowed into a Trump administration group text.

The photo is from a 2021 screening of a film at the French Embassy in Washington where Waltz is standing next to Goldberg.

'The event Waltz attended—a Q&A with a French filmmaker—was moderated by Goldberg,' Anna Bower of Lawfare wrote.

The film, 'The Will to See,' is an 'unflinching look at the most urgent humanitarian crisis around the globe' directed by French intellectual Bernard Henri-Levy, who originally shared the photo.

Henri-Levy tagged both Waltz and Goldberg in his post to X, thanking them for being in attendance.

Waltz was serving in Congress, representing the 6th District of Florida at the time of the screening.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14541105/mike-waltz-photo-demolishes-claim-war-plan-leak-group-text.html