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Pete Hegseth hits again over new Sign group chat leak scandal
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Pete Hegseth hits again over new Sign group chat leak scandal

Last updated: April 21, 2025 5:38 pm
Editorial Board Published April 21, 2025
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Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth hit again at critics Monday over new reviews that he shared secret U.S. army assault plans along with his spouse, brother and lawyer in actual time on the Sign app.

The embattled Pentagon chief referred to as the explosive story a smear concocted by “disgruntled employees,” suggesting three ousted prime aides may be accountable for telling journalists concerning the scandalous new group chat revelations.

“A few leakers get fired and some hit pieces come out,” he mentioned throughout an early morning look on the White Home Easter Egg Roll. “They take disgruntled employees and they try to slash and burn people.”

However Hegseth didn’t really deny sharing particulars of U.S. assaults on Houthi rebels in Yemen with greater than a dozen buddies in a rare breach of safety protocol.

President Trump additionally brushed apart the concept that he would possibly push Hegseth out amid the embarrassing new revelations.

“I don’t know why you would even ask that question,” Trump instructed reporters as he greeted a number of the 1000’s of individuals within the annual ceremony of spring.

Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks with reporters on the South Garden of the White Home earlier than President Donald Trump and first woman Melania Trump take part within the White Home Easter Egg Roll Monday, April 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photograph/Alex Brandon)

Hegseth was already going through questions on his sharing of particulars concerning the March assault on Houthi rebels in a separate group chat that included a number of senior administration officers. That chat grew to become public as a result of Nationwide Safety Adviser Mike Waltz mistakenly added Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg to the group.

The revelation sparked new requires Hegseth to be ousted because the Trump’s administration has confronted criticism for failing to take any motion thus far towards the highest nationwide safety officers within the unique Sign chat.

“We keep learning how Pete Hegseth put lives at risk. But Trump is still too weak to fire him,” Senate Democratic Chief Chuck Schumer tweeted. “Pete Hegseth must be fired.”

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Virginia) denounced Hegseth as “a guy who’s in so far over his head.”

“This is such an obv example of sloppiness (and) carelessness,” mentioned Warner, who’s the rating Democrat on the intelligence committee.

Hegseth’s use of Sign and the sharing of such plans are below investigation by the Pentagon inspector common.

Hegseth and the White Home sought to level the finger for the brand new scandal at 4 prime aides who had been not too long ago pressured out on the Pentagon amid a broad investigation over media leaks in his first a number of weeks within the submit.

Three of the previous Hegseth staffers slammed the administration for concocting the leak investigation as an excuse to oust them. A fourth give up after decrying a “month of hell” working on the Pentagon.

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