US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth launched a tirade of insults at The Atlantic and its editor following the publication of his chats with Vice-President JD Vance, in which they expressed their hatred for Europe while planning the March 15th attack on the Houthis. The US Defense Secretary described the editor of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg as a deceitful and discredited journalist. He also accused The Atlantic of peddling “hoaxes” including the “Russia, Russia, Russia hoax”.
On the latter, Pete Hegseth was referring to the FBI investigation by Robert Mueller which indicted and convicted up to 34 individuals and 2 companies for facilitating Russian financing and support to Donald Trump’s first political campaign for the US Presidency which got him elected into office in 2017. Among the convicted included Trump’s closest associates such as Roger Stone, Paul Manforte, Rick Gates and Michael Flynn. Others who were convicted included up to 12 Russian intelligence officers who took part in the cyber attacks against the Democratic Party in 2015 and 2016.
The US Defense Secretary did not deny the veracity of the chats which had already been confirmed as authentic by the National Security Council.
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