Hegseth Also Shared Military Details In Second, Personal Signal Chat: Report

This conversation included his wife, brother, lawyer and "about a dozen" others from the secretary of defense's "inner circle," according to the New York Times.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly shared details of an impending military attack on Yemen in a second, more personal Signal chat, as revealed in a New York Times investigation published Sunday and a report from CNN.

Around the same time he was exchanging details on planned airstrikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen in texts with a group of senior government, intelligence officials and a journalist mistakenly added to the group, Hegseth was allegedly sharing nearly identical military intel in a group which included his wife Jennifer, his brother Phil, his personal lawyer Tim Parlatore, and about a dozen others from his inner circle.

This newly disclosed thread, created by Hegseth and named the “Defense | Team Huddle” group, was reportedly accessed through his personal phone, not his government-issued device.

While Phil Hegseth and Parlatore both work for the Pentagon, neither appear to have any apparent reason to be briefed on the operation, which targeted Houthi rebels in Yemen on March 15.

The secretary of defense’s wife is not a Defense Department employee and is already being scrutinized over reports that she traveled with her husband to attend at least two highly sensitive meetings with foreign defense leaders alongside him.