{"id":48567,"date":"2025-04-21T13:21:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T13:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2025\/04\/21\/hegseth-had-second-signal-chat-with-details-of-yemen-strike-report\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:35:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:35:31","slug":"hegseth-had-second-signal-chat-with-details-of-yemen-strike-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2025\/04\/21\/hegseth-had-second-signal-chat-with-details-of-yemen-strike-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Hegseth had second Signal chat with details of Yemen strike: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth created another Signal messaging chat that included his wife and brother where he shared similar details of a March military airstrike against Yemen\u2019s Houthi militants that were&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/03\/26\/obviously-classified-experts-say-hegseth-chat-leaks-invited-danger\/\" target=\"_blank\">sent in another chain<\/a>&nbsp;with top Trump administration leaders, The New York Times reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A person familiar with the contents and those who received the messages, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters, confirmed the second chat to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second chat on Signal \u2014 which is a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/03\/24\/top-trump-officials-accidentally-shared-war-plans-with-media\/\" target=\"_blank\">commercially available app<\/a>&nbsp;not authorized to be used to communicate sensitive or classified national defense information \u2014 included 13 people, the person said. The person also confirmed the chat was dubbed \u201cDefense &#8216; Team Huddle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The New York Times reported that the group included Hegseth\u2019s wife, Jennifer, who is a former Fox News producer, and his brother&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/pentagon\/2025\/03\/28\/hegseths-younger-brother-is-serving-in-a-key-role-inside-the-pentagon\/\" target=\"_blank\">Phil Hegseth, who was hired at the Pentagon<\/a>&nbsp;as a Department of Homeland Security liaison and senior adviser. Both have traveled with the defense secretary and attended high-level meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The White House and Pentagon said late Sunday that disgruntled former employees were spreading false claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo matter how many times the legacy media tries to resurrect the same non-story, they can\u2019t change the fact that no classified information was shared,\u201d said Anna Kelly, White House deputy press secretary. \u201cRecently-fired \u2018leakers\u2019 are continuing to misrepresent the truth to soothe their shattered egos and undermine the President\u2019s agenda, but the administration will continue to hold them accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/03\/26\/obviously-classified-experts-say-hegseth-chat-leaks-invited-danger\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8914572.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">\u2018Obviously classified\u2019: Experts say Hegseth chat leaks invited danger<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Former U.S. defense officials said the unsecured messaging chain could have jeopardized the operation and put American lives at risk.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell added in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SeanParnellATSD\/status\/1914135704101175583\" target=\"_blank\">a post on X<\/a>&nbsp;late Sunday that the report \u201crelied only on the words of people who were fired this week and appear to have a motive to sabotage the Secretary and the President\u2019s agenda. There was no classified information in any Signal chat, no matter how many ways they try to write the story.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The revelation of the additional chat group brought new calls for Hegseth to be ousted as President Donald Trump\u2019s administration has faced criticism for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-hegseth-signal-yemen-atlantic-group-chat-4b09973f4df3711d5d5ff88e8f9f96e0\" target=\"_blank\">failing to take action<\/a>&nbsp;so far against the top national security officials who discussed plans for the military strike in Signal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe details keep coming out. We keep learning how Pete Hegseth put lives at risk. But Trump is still too weak to fire him,\u201d Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/1914084912010870816\" target=\"_blank\">posted on X<\/a>. \u201cPete Hegseth must be fired.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first chat, set up by national security adviser Mike Waltz, included a number of Cabinet members and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/03\/26\/obviously-classified-experts-say-hegseth-chat-leaks-invited-danger\/\" target=\"_blank\">came to light<\/a>&nbsp;because Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, was added to the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The contents of that chat, which The Atlantic published, shows that Hegseth listed weapons systems and a timeline for the attack on Iran-backed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2025\/03\/17\/us-strikes-dozens-of-houthi-sites-in-yemen-as-broader-campaign-begins\/\" target=\"_blank\">Houthis in Yemen<\/a>&nbsp;last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hegseth has previously contended that no classified information or war plans were shared in the chat with the journalist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Times reported Sunday that the second chat had the same warplane launch times that the first chat included. Multiple former and current officials have said sharing those operational details before a strike would have certainly been classified and their release could have put pilots in danger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hegseth\u2019s use of Signal and the sharing of such plans are under&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hegseth-signal-messaging-app-attack-plans-f8581bcb447b91d2e7f9cb7809ae0f06\" target=\"_blank\">investigation by the Defense Department\u2019s acting inspector general<\/a>. It came at the request of the leadership of the Senate Armed Services Committee \u2014 Republican Chairman Roger Wicker of Mississippi and ranking Democratic member Jack Reed of Rhode Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reed urged the Pentagon watchdog late Sunday to probe the reported second Signal chat as well, saying that Hegseth \u201cmust immediately explain why he reportedly texted classified information that could endanger American servicemembers\u2019 lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have grave concerns about Secretary Hegseth\u2019s ability to maintain the trust and confidence of U.S. servicemembers and the Commander-in-Chief,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new revelations come during further turmoil at the Pentagon. Four officials in Hegseth\u2019s inner circle departed last week as the Pentagon conducts a widespread investigation for information leaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/04\/15\/pentagon-senior-adviser-dan-caldwell-ousted-in-probe-into-leaks\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dan Caldwell<\/a>, a Hegseth aide; Colin Carroll, chief of staff to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg; and Darin Selnick, Hegseth\u2019s deputy chief of staff,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ullyot-leaks-pentagon-hegseth-trump-dei-d5306e0441dacae1a0d03c871be265bb\" target=\"_blank\">were escorted out of the Pentagon<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the three initially had been placed on leave pending the investigation, a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dandcaldwell\/status\/1913701312929149363?s=46\" target=\"_blank\">joint statement shared by Caldwell<\/a>&nbsp;on X on Saturday said the three \u201cstill have not been told what exactly we were investigated for, if there is still an active investigation, or if there was even a real investigation of \u2018leaks\u2019 to begin with.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Caldwell was the staff member designated as Hegseth\u2019s point person in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hegseth-atlantic-war-plans-signal-yemen-houthis-c0addd08c627ab01a37ea63621cb695e\" target=\"_blank\">Signal chat<\/a>&nbsp;with Trump Cabinet members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Pentagon spokesman John Ullyot also announced he was resigning last week, unrelated to the leaks. 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