Pete Hegseth's Security Threatens to 'Physically Remove' Reporters at First Press Briefing in Six Months

What did a Pentagon official tell reporters before Pete Hegseth’s briefing?

Hegseth held his first Pentagon briefing in six months

What happened at Pete Hegseth’s first press conference in months

Reporters were threatened with physical removal before the briefing, and Hegseth largely ignored questions from the traditional Pentagon press corps

Pentagon threatens to ‘physically’ remove reporters if they ‘get out of line’

Two Pentagon officials delivered the highly unusual warning to reporters shortly before Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s briefing Tuesday.

Pete Hegseth's Security Threatens to 'Physically Remove' Reporters at First Press Briefing in Six Months

Journalists were warned they could be physically removed from Pete Hegseth's Pentagon briefing if they failed to maintain professionalism, prompting questions about press restrictions.

Hegseth’s Security Threatens Journalists with Removal

“A security agent for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned reporters awaiting the start of his first news briefing in six months on Tuesday that they will be physically removed if they do not maintain decorum and act professionally,” the Washington Post reports. “The unusual warning was a first in recent memory, members of the Pentagon […]

‘Crazy town’: Reporters rattled as Pentagon guards threaten to remove them physically

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced backlash after his security clashed with reporters, threatening to physically remove them from his first Pentagon briefing in six months if they “do something silly.”A security agent delivered the warning Tuesday morning before Hegseth took the podium, Washington...