Trump White House Stands by Hegseth as Reports of Another Signal Leak Emerge

Pete Hegseth

The White House stood by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Monday after The New York Times reported he shared Houthi rebel attack plans in a second Signal group chat with family members.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox & Friends Monday morning that Hegseth has done a “phenomenal job” leading the Pentagon amid The New York Times report. The new accusations follow the first Signal scandal in which Hegseth shared a timeline of attacks on the Houthi rebels after National Security Advisor Mike Waltz accidentally added Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffery Goldberg to the chat.

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