WASHINGTON, D.C. — Renewed efforts by the administration to restore tighter information security hit a snag today, as a federal judge ruled that a journalist must be added back to Trump's group chat.

Questions arose after it was revealed that the editor-in-chief from The Atlantic had somehow been included in a group chat of government officials and was privy to top-secret military strategy communication. Though the Trump administration attempted to remove the editor, the judge's new ruling ordered them to put him back.

"The administration is hereby required to include unwanted people in the group chat," said District Court Judge Paul Stevenson. "Despite the fact that this journalist was not intended to be a part of the private communication, he has done nothing worthy of being expelled and therefore must remain in the chat. As such, no emojis, memes, or GIFs are to be withheld from him at any point. Secret military plans must also be discussed. I have spoken!"

President Trump addressed the judge's ruling in brief remarks to reporters in the Oval Office. "Another example of renegade judges running roughshod over our beloved Constitution," he said. "We don't want him in the chat. How did he get there? Nobody knows. It was a mistake. A big one. Now we're being forced to keep him in there while we talk about military things. And sports. We like to talk about sports."

At publishing time, a Trump administration insider said the president, vice president, secretary of defense, and other officials in the group chat had agreed to mercilessly tease the journalist until he left voluntarily.

The Founding Fathers didn't always agree behind closed doors.