The White House defended Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday, following media accusations that he disclosed vital military information in another Signal messaging discussion, this time with his wife and brother.
Neither the White House nor Hegseth contested that he revealed such material in a second discussion. Instead, they focused their answers on what they referred to as dissatisfied employees who they blamed for leaking to the media and stressed that no sensitive information was released.
“It’s just fake news. They just bring up stories,” President Donald Trump told reporters. “I guess it sounds like disgruntled employees. You know, he was put there to get rid of a lot of bad people, and that’s what he’s doing. So you don’t always have friends when you do that,” Trump said.
The administration’s stance was intended to stand firm against Democratic calls for Hegseth’s dismissal at a time when the Pentagon is in disarray, with many top officials leaving and an internal inquiry into information leaks.
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