Senior Trump administration officials have been accused of using the third-party app to discuss highly sensitive national security information.
The Pentagon’s independent watchdog launched a probe Thursday into top officials in President Donald Trump’s administration who discussed a military strike using the commercial messaging app Signal. Signalgate has roiled the White House and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth since news broke on March 24 that The Atlantic journalist Jeffrey Goldberg was mistakenly added to a group chat discussing an attack on Houthi terrorists in Yemen.
The handling of private military discussions among top officials has triggered US security concerns, including from GOP lawmakers.
The US Department of Defense Acting Inspector General will investigate Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's use of the Signal app for discussing military actions in Yemen. The investigation follows a Senate request and is prompted by leaks revealing details of the military strike shared by senior officials.
The Pentagon’s official watchdog revealed Thursday that it is conducting an investigation into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s role in Signalgate. The full exchange of the encrypted
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Mediaite on MSNDoD Inspector General Launches Probe Into Pete Hegseth’s Use of Signal — Defying White House Statement That Leaked Chat Case is ‘Closed’The acting inspector general for the Pentagon announced an investigation into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the signal app to discuss potentially classified information with other members of the Trump cabinet last month.
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