Book Fest headliner and editor-in-chief of The Atlantic Jeffrey Goldberg has become a central figure in the news after mistakenly being included in a Trump administration text thread discussing war plans.

Goldberg captured global attention on Monday with the release of his article, “The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans,” which details the major security breach. 

The chat, which included U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Vice President JD Vance and other White House advisors, revealed private information about timing, weapons and targets for the attack launched on the Houthi in Yemen. 

Goldberg is set to headline the opening night of Book Fest. Among other authors and speakers, the opening night will be “a series of rigorous conversations to unpack the future of democracy and the American idea,” according to the website. 

Goldberg has frequently spoken out against President Donald Trump. At last year’s opening night of Book Fest, which he also headlined, he discussed his hesitancy to publish pieces favoring Trump, citing concerns over misinformation and journalistic integrity. 

“One of the questions I frequently get is, ‘Will you run pro-Trump pieces?’ And the answer is yes, I would run pro-Trump pieces,” Goldberg said. “The issue is, every article that comes into our system has to go through fact checkers.” 

Goldberg made it clear that his reservations are not due to partisanship, but are rooted in The Atlantic’s principles of justice and democratic values. 

“We are devoted to being a nonpartisan magazine,” he said. “Our objection to Trump is not because he is a Republican … it is, however, our standards for democracy, transparency, rule of law, free press, civil liberties and so on.”

It is yet to be known if Goldberg will discuss the accidental group chat while speaking at Book Fest on Thursday night.