White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt denied the National Public Radio (NPR) story on Monday, claiming that the White House is considering replacing Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
In X’s post, Leavitt With label Articles from NPR as “fake news” and “based on one anonymous source.” NPR Articles It’s here rear New York Times CNN has been released Report Using an anonymous source, Hegseth allegedly shared details about Houthis’ military strike with his wife, brother and lawyer over a signal chat.
“This @NPR story is totally fake news based on an anonymous source that clearly doesn’t know what they’re talking about,” Leavitt wrote in her post. “As the president said this morning, he’s standing strong behind @secdef.”
According to NPR, the “source” claimed that “Hegseth used a signal messaging app on his personal smartphone to detailed detailed information about the airstrikes on Yemen’s Houthi target.”
According to sources, Hegseth used a signal messaging app on his personal smartphone and detailed information divided into minutes on air strikes on Yemen’s Houthi targets. It happened almost the same time in March that Hegses shared details with a top White House official from another signal chat group that mistakenly included a journalist. That leak could put US pilots at risk if information about the timing of the strike is intercepted by US enemies a few hours before an air attack. Already, Houthis has fired down the American predator drone twice.
Chief Pentagon spokesman Shawn Parnell I responded To the claims from New York Times And “all other fake news that repeats their trash” says it is “a different day, another old story, back from death.”
“Another day, another old story – I’ve returned from death,” Parnell said in a statement. “The media that hates Trump continues to become obsessed with destroying anyone who has committed to Trump’s agenda. This time, the New York Times and all the other fake new things that repeat the garbage are enthusiastically embracing the grievances of disgruntled former employees as the sole source of the article.
New York Timescited “people familiar with chats,” claiming that the second signal chat “contains his wife and dozens of other people,” which was “created by Mr. Heggs.”
Unlike the chat that misinformed the Atlantic, the newly revealed one was created by Hegses. It was named “Defense|Team Huddle” in January, including around 12 people from his personal and professional inner circle before his confirmation as Secretary of Defense, said people familiar with the chat. He used a private phone rather than a government phone to access signal chat.
March, Atlantic OceanEditor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg It was revealed In an article he was mistakenly added to the signal group chat by national security adviser Michael Waltz. The group entitled “Houthi PC Small Group” included people such as Vice President JD Vance, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Secretary of State such as Marco Rubio and Hegseth.
Goldberg wrote in the article that several members of Signal Chat had discussions before and after before the military strike in Yemen’s Houtis began.
In this article, Goldberg added that on Saturday, March 15, Hegses shared information that “contains operational details of upcoming strikes in Yemen, including information on targets, US deployed weapons and attack sequences.”
The only person to reply to an update from Hegseth was the person identified as the Vice President. “I say prayers for victory,” Vance wrote. (The other two users then added prayer emojis.)
According to the lengthy Hegseth texts, the first explosion in Yemen will be felt at two hours, and thus at 1:45pm Eastern time. So I was waiting in the car park at the supermarket. If this signal chat was real, I inferred, the target of Houthi would be bombed soon. Around 1:55, I checked X and searched for Yemen. Afterwards, an explosion was heard in Sanaa, the capital.
On Monday, President Donald Trump responded to a report on Hegses’ second signal chat. Statement He said, “He was doing a great job.” New York Times.
“He’s doing a great job. Ask Hoosis how he’s doing,” Trump said.
