The US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not deny a New York Times story stating that Secretary Hegseth leaked details on plans of the Yemen attacks to his wife, brother and personal lawyer. The New York Times said that the story was confirmed by four sources who are familiar with the chats. When asked about the story the Defense Secretary launched a tirade of insults at the press.
This is not the first time that the Defense Secretary reacted badly when confronted about the Signal chat leaks. When The Atlantic released the Signal chat that included him and the Vice-President discussing plans for the attacks on Yemen, Hegseth attacked The Atlantic for peddling “the Russian hoax”. This time he accused The New York Times of winning “fake Pulitzer Prizes” and once again referred to the “Russian hoax”.
The discussion on the attacks against Yemen were leaked by the editor of The Atlantic who was added to the chat by National Security Director Mike Waltz. The Attorney-General Pam Bondi said that the chats were not classified.
Separately, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said that the Defense Secretary was not going to resign and that he is currently being undermined by the Pentagon.
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