Taylor Swift’s name unexpectedly surfaced during a U.S. Senate hearing on Wednesday, as lawmakers discussed a leaked Signal chat allegedly involving discussions about antitrust policies.
During a senate meeting, on Tuesday, March 25, Virginia Senator Mark Warner mentioned the Lover crooner while discussing the fracturing of multinational coalitions.
He highlighted Swift's cancellation of three Vienna concerts last year as a reminder of the need for careful management of classified information.
“That sharing of information saves lives, and it’s not hypothetical,” Warner told the Senate Intelligence Committee.
He added, “We all remember, because it was declassified — last year when Austria worked with our community to make sure to expose a plot against Taylor Swift in Vienna that could have killed literally hundreds of individuals.”
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To note, Swift canceled three concerts at the Austrian capital’s Ernst Happel Stadium after officials uncovered an alleged terror plot inspired by ISIS.
The Blank Space singer addressed the situation, saying, ““Let me be very clear: I am not going to speak about something publicly if I think doing so might provoke those who would want to harm the fans who come to my shows,” she wrote in August 2024.
Swift noted, “In cases like this one, ‘silence’ is actually showing restraint, and waiting to express yourself at a time when it’s right to. My priority was finishing our European tour safely, and it is with great relief that I can say we did that.”
She expressed that she felt “devastating” over concert cancellation but thanked officials for their work.
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