The White House Is Standing By Pete Hegseth — But More Could Be Coming

Sources tell NOTUS they expect more negative reports around the defense secretary’s handling of internal affairs at the Pentagon.

Pete Hegseth

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The bad headlines aren’t over for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

Hegseth is once again on defense Monday morning, after reports broke late Sunday that he allegedly shared typically classified information in a second Signal group chat in mid-March. Four anonymous sources told The New York Times that Hegseth sent Signal messages about planned strikes in Yemen to a group that included his wife, his brother and his personal lawyer.

Also on Sunday, former chief Pentagon spokesman John Ullyot penned a scathing op-ed in Politico calling into question Hegseth’s future tenure as the defense secretary.