US EditionGOP Sen. Rejects Pete Hegseth's Claim That Pentagon Probe Exonerates Him Over Signalgate
A Pentagon Inspector General review found Hegseth should not have used Signal for sensitive military information during strikes, citing need for better Defense Department training.
- On Tuesday, the Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General concluded Pete Hegseth should not have used Signal and shared a classified report with the Senate Armed Services Committee, with an unclassified version due Thursday.
- Earlier this year, Pete Hegseth used Signal to share operational details about U.S. airstrikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen, and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz accidentally added Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic to the chat.
- Investigators reported Pete Hegseth declined in-person cooperation and only supplied written responses, finding no documented declassification of a Secret/NOFORN document before posting mostly classified Centcom email details.
- Senators reacted along party lines with sharply different takes as Sen. Thom Tillis said Hegseth was not "totally exonerated," Sen. Eric Schmitt called the report a 'nothing burger,' and Democrats pushed for further probes and resignation.
- The report positions Congress to examine communication protocols further as the DoD IG found Hegseth’s Signal posts included classified information that could have endangered operations and pilots.
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Analysis by Aaron Blake: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's credibility has suffered a devastating blow following the release of the long-awaited Inspector General's (IG) report. This official document confirms serious security lapses related to the use of the Signal app, where Hegseth shared highly classified military plans earlier this year—a scandal known as "Signalgate." The revelation not only compounded the Secretary's already "bad week" but…
Signalgate report says Hegseth created a risk to national security with cellphone messages • West Virginia Watch
U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., points to text messages by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during an annual worldwide threats assessment hearing at the Longworth House Office Building on March 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. The hearing held by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence addressed top aides inadvertently including Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief for The Atlantic magazine, on a high level Trump administration Sig…
SignalGate: "This Chat's Kinda Dead"
DOD IG has released the unclassified version of the report confirming what was clear months ago: Whiskey Pete Hegseth has no business leading DOD. He was wildly uncooperative with the investigation, refusing to be interviewed, refusing to let DOD inspect his phone, refusing to turn over other threads. But Whiskey Pete may not look quite as stupid as JD Vance. You see, Whiskey Pete turned over the Signal chat that was left on his phone after all …
GOP Sen. Rejects Pete Hegseth's Claim That Pentagon Probe Exonerates Him Over Signalgate
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis rejected Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's claim that a review by the Pentagon's Inspector General of the incident known as Signalgate is a complete "exoneration" of his
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