Pentagon chief denies discussing US military plans in Signal
Photo: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of the US Department of Defense (Getty Images)
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth denies discussing military plans in the Signal chat room accessed by The Atlantic's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg, The Hill reports.
"Nobody was texting war plans, and that’s all I have to say about that," the Pentagon chief said.
He also called Goldberg "a deceitful and highly discredited, so-called journalist who’s made a profession of peddling hoaxes time and time again".
According to The Hill, meanwhile, many Democrats have lashed out at Hegseth.
"There is no world in which this information should have been shared in non-secure channels. Hegseth is in so far over his head that he is a danger to this country and our men and women in uniform," said Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton.
Scandalous Signal chat meeting
On March 11, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic accidentally accessed a closed chat room in Signal, where US officials discussed plans for strikes against the Houthis in Yemen. The incident caused a serious reaction from many politicians, and congressmen called for an investigation.
Meanwhile, Politico writes that the situation could eventually lead to the resignation of US national security adviser Michael Waltz.
