The Department of Defense on April 20 responded to a report that alleged Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth shared plans for an attack in Yemen in a chat that included his wife and brother.
“There was no classified information in any Signal chat,” Sean Parnell, a spokesman for the Pentagon, said on the social media platform X.
Citing anonymous sources, the New York Times reported earlier Sunday that Hegseth in March shared details of forthcoming strikes in Yemen to a second Signal group.
Hegseth’s wife, Jennifer Hegseth, was in the chat, as were Hegseth’s brother and Hegseth’s lawyer, both of whom work for the Pentagon, according to the report….