White house hit back at news reports detailing secretary pete hegseth's reported involvement in a second signal group chat, calling it a nonstory while also slamming recently fired defense staffers. Sources the defense secretary shared military operations with his wife and others. Hegseth faces scrutiny after reports of second signal chat with sensitive information hegseth already has acknowledged that he had participated in a signal chat about the march 15 attacks with.
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Instead, the secretary blamed the disclosure of the second signal chat on leaks from disgruntled former staff
Hegseth has aggressively denied that the information he posted was classified
Regardless of that, signal is a commercially available app that is encrypted but is not a government network and not authorized to carry classified information. Defense secretary pete hegseth shared detailed plans about a military operation against the houthis in yemen on a second signal group chat, this one on his personal phone and including his wife. 2nd signal chat reveals hegseth messaging about yemen strikes with family members
