Pentagon chief Hegseth shared attack plans in second Signal chat

STORY: :: FileU.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared war plans in a second Signal chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer.That’s according to a source familiar with the matter, who spoke to Reuters on Sunday on condition of anonymity.In the second chat, Hegseth shared details of a March attack on Yemen's Houthi rebel group, including the schedule of the air strikes, similar to those revealed last month by The Atlantic. The magazine's editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, was included in a separate chat on the Signal app by mistake. The embarrassing incident involved all of President Donald Trump's most senior national security officials.:: FileThe source said the second chat included about a dozen people and was created during Hegseth’s confirmation process to discuss administrative issues. Hegseth's wife Jennifer, a former Fox News producer, has attended sensitive meetings, according to images the Pentagon has publicly posted. His brother is a Department of Homeland Security liaison to the Pentagon. The revelations come at a particularly delicate moment for Hegseth, with senior officials ousted from the Pentagon last week as part of an internal leak investigation. One of Hegseth's leading advisers, Dan Caldwell, was escorted from the Pentagon after being identified during an investigation into leaks at the Department of Defense. Two less-senior officials were fired on Friday. The latest news has renewed calls by Democratic lawmakers for Hegseth to step down.Senator Tammy Duckworth said that he, quote, "must resign in disgrace,” while Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said on X that Hegseth, quote, “must be fired.” :: "... enthusiastically taking the grievances of disgruntled former employees as the sole sources for their article."A Pentagon spokesperson, without evidence, said that the media was, quote, "enthusiastically taking the grievances of disgruntled former employees as the sole sources for their article.":: "... recently fired ‘leakers' are continuing to misrepresent the truth..." Meanwhile a White House spokesperson said that, quote, "recently fired ‘leakers' are continuing to misrepresent the truth..."

STORY: :: File U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared war plans in a second Signal chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer.

That’s according to a source familiar with the matter, who spoke to Reuters on Sunday on condition of anonymity. In the second chat, Hegseth shared details of a March attack on Yemen's Houthi rebel group, including the schedule of the air strikes, similar to those revealed last month by The Atlantic. The magazine's editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, was included in a separate chat on the Signal app by mistake.

The embarrassing incident involved all of President Donald Trump's most senior national security officials. :: File The source said the second chat included about a dozen people and was created during Hegseth’s confirmation process to discuss administrative issues. Hegseth's wife Jennifer, a former Fox News producer, has attended sensitive meetings, according to images the Pentagon has publicly posted.

His brother is a Department of Homeland Security liaison to the Pentagon. The revelations come at a particularly delicate moment for Hegseth, with senior officials ousted from the Pentagon last week as part of an internal leak investigation. One of Hegseth's leading advisers, Dan Caldwell, was escorted from the Pentagon after being identified during an investigation into leaks at the Department of Defense.

Two less-senior officials were fired on Friday. The latest news has renewed calls by Democratic lawmakers for Hegseth to step down. Senator Tammy Duckworth said that he, quote, "must resign in disgrace,” while Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said on X that Hegseth, quote, “must be fired.

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enthusiastically taking the grievances of disgruntled former employees as the sole sources for their article." A Pentagon spokesperson, without evidence, said that the media was, quote, "enthusiastically taking the grievances of disgruntled former employees as the sole sources for their article." :: ".

.. recently fired ‘leakers' are continuing to misrepresent the truth.

.." Meanwhile a White House spokesperson said that, quote, "recently fired ‘leakers' are continuing to misrepresent the truth.

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