The Pentagon is investigating Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following a leak of detailed military operations shared in a Signal group chat. This chat mistakenly included journalist Jeffrey Goldberg. An evaluation is focused on compliance with Department of Defense policies regarding the use of commercial messaging apps for official communications. Critics, including Senate Armed Services Committee leaders, prompted this inquiry, emphasizing the potential mishandling of classified information, which Hegseth denies. Key Trump administration officials have stated that he is responsible for determining the classification of shared materials.
The objective of this evaluation is to determine the extent to which the Secretary of Defense and other DoD personnel complied with DoD policies and procedures for the use of a commercial messaging application for official business.
Hegseth has denied sending "war plans." Top Trump administration spy bosses... said that Hegseth would've been the one to determine whether or not the material he shared in the leaked Signal chat was classified.
Collection
[
|
...
]