Another Signal group chat was discovered and it could mean the end for Hegseth

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, already at the center of controversy for leaking sensitive, classified information about an imminent military strike in Yemen to a Signal group featuring several members of the Trump administration, including Vice President JD Vance, as well as a journalist from The Atlantic added by mistake, is once again causing scandal.

At the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lashed out at reporters over coverage of him sharing war plans in a second Signal chat that included members of his family and his personal lawyer. Read more: nyti.ms/3GiswuB

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New revelations from the New York Times indicate that he would have shared the same information in a second Signal group, this time made up of his wife, family members, lawyer and personal assistants.

These messages, which Pete Hegseth allegedly first received from General Michael Erik Kurilla, commander of U.S. Central Command, via a secure U.S. government system, contained specific information about the March strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen.

According to NBC News, the Secretary of Defense ultimately transmitted this information from his personal phone to two newsgroups on Signal, not just one as initially reported, despite a clear warning from one of his aides against sharing classified data via an unsecured communications system.

The former Fox & Friends Weekend host denied sharing classified information in these newsgroups, while acknowledging the existence of a second Signal group.

He dismissed the accusations at the outset, claiming that the media were relaying old information provided, he said, by disgruntled former employees.

Hegseth, with Donald Trump’s support, continues to weather the controversy for the time being, despite calls for his resignation.

Among them, Republican Representative Don Bacon, who called the existence of this second Signal group “totally unacceptable”.

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