Hegseth Shared Yemen Strike Details in Second Signal Chat: Report

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sent details of the March attack on the Houthis in Yemen in a second group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer — the latest scandal out of the Pentagon in a chaotic few weeks, according to a report.

Hegseth reportedly shared the sensitive details about the strikes to his spouse before the US carried out the March 15 attack, the New York Times reported Sunday, citing four sources with knowledge of the chat.

The information he shared was nearly identical to what was sent in another chat that mistakenly included a lefty journalist, according to the sources.

Last month, Hegseth allegedly texted the same information regarding the attack in a Signal group chat that included Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine, among numerous Trump administration senior national security officials.

The revelation of a second sensitive group chat in just a few weeks after news of the first one broke adds to the apparent dysfunction inside the defense department, in which multiple top Hegseth advisors have been shown the door and a probe into alleged leaks is underway.

The former head Pentagon spokesperson, John Ullyot, who resigned last week, described the tumultuous few weeks within the department a “month from hell” in an op-ed published by Politico Sunday and said President Trump deserves a better leader at the head of the department.

The second chat supposedly shared details about the schedule of the air strikes on the Iran-backed terrorist group, The Times reported.

Hegseth’s wife and Fox News alum, Jennifer, has also reportedly been included in sensitive meetings with foreign military officials, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The news of the latest mishandling of sensitive info follows a series of outings at the Pentagon amid a leak investigation at the department — adding to the turmoil at the department.

Three Pentagon officials have been placed on leave in recent days.

Last week, Dan Caldwell, one of Hegseth’s leading advisers, was escorted from the Pentagon after an investigation identified him in relation to apparent leaks at the Department of Defense, a US official told Reuters.

Hegseth’s deputy chief of staff, Dan Selnick, and Colin Carroll, the chief of staff to Hegseth’s deputy, were also placed on administrative leave.

Hegseth’s chief of staff, Joe Kasper, is also reportedly set to leave his post for a different position within the agency, according to Politico.

The dismissal of the three men came less than a month after Hegseth’s chief of staff, Joe Kasper, ordered the director of defense intelligence (counterintelligence, law enforcement, and security) to investigate “unauthorized disclosures of sensitive and classified information across the Department of Defense.”

The leaks being probed include disclosures about operational plans for the Panama Canal, carrier movements in the Red Sea, Elon Musk’s visit to the Pentagon last month and the March pause on intelligence sharing with Ukraine, a US official told Politico.

Democrats in the Senate called for Hegseth to be removed from his role in the wake of the supposed leaks.

“We keep learning how Pete Hegseth put lives at risk. But Trump is still too weak to fire him. Pete Hegseth must be fired,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote on X.