US EditionGOP Senators Defend Hegseth Following Signal Chat Leak, Dismiss Calls for His Firing
- Pete Hegseth's younger brother, Phil Hegseth, is serving in a key position as senior adviser to the secretary for the Department of Homeland Security and liaison officer to the Defense Department.
- Border security, a top priority for President Trump, is the responsibility of DHS, leading to the deployment of thousands of U.S. Troops to assist with curbing illegal immigration.
- Phil Hegseth's responsibilities include conducting touch points with U.S. Coast Guard officials related to the Secretary's Indo-Pacific trip, which includes stops in Hawaii, Guam, the Philippines, and Japan, as well as meetings with representatives from Homeland Security Investigations.
- Previously, Pete Hegseth, as CEO of Concerned Veterans for America, a nonprofit, paid his brother Phil $108,000 for media relations, according to federal tax records, while the organization experienced financial difficulty.
- Federal employment law expert Michael Fallings of Tully Rinckey PLLC, specializing in federal employment law, stated that such hiring practices don't "pass the smell test," and further review is needed to determine if Phil Hegseth's hiring violated the 1967 federal nepotism law.
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Signalgate: Can't Spin Pete Hegseth’s Mistakes Anymore
Signalgate is the latest screwup by the Secretary of Defense, and it is part of a bigger pattern. Even the White House can't spin Pete Hegseth’s bad judgment anymore. Signalgate is the fork in the road because it shows how dangerous it is to have people like Hegseth, Ratcliffe and others in leadership. America is unsafe with leaders in a text chain that seemed like bros talking about their March Madness bracket instead of bombing another country…
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