Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth demolished reporters on Monday morning when they tried to push their latest hoax, accusing the Secretary of leaking sensitive Yemen strike details in a private Signal chat with his wife and brother.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, after the firing of three former Pentagon officials — Dan Caldwell, Darin Selnick, and Colin Carroll—for unauthorized leaks, the New York Times published a story with four anonymous sources claiming that Hegseth shared sensitive information.
The Pentagon has swiftly and forcefully denied these allegations, with Chief Spokesman Sean Parnell labeling the story as “fake news” driven by disgruntled former employees with clear motives to sabotage Hegseth and Trump’s agenda.
The Times claims Hegseth shared details of a March 15 Yemen strike in a Signal group chat named “Defense | Team Huddle,” which included his wife, Jennifer, his brother, Phil, and his personal lawyer, Tim Parlatore.
Pentagon Denies New York Times Report with Anonymous Sources Accusing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of Leaking Yemen Strike Details in Second Private Signal Chat with Wife, Brother, and Lawyer
Hegseth was asked about the claims during the White House Easter Egg Roll this morning.
He called the leftist reporters out, referring to them as “hoaxters that peddle anonymous sources.” He added that their sources are almost always “disgruntled former employees” in an attempt to “to slash and burn people and ruin their reputations.”
He further called them out for pushing the Russia Hoax and receiving Pulitzer Prizes for their dishonest reporting.
They were apparently triggered, sparking arumor among the White House press corps was that Hegseth had an “altercation” with someone in the press.
Reporter: Is there anything you want to say, sir, about the Signal chat controversy?
Hegseth: You know, what a big surprise that a bunch of— a few leakers get fired, then suddenly a bunch of hit pieces come out about me from the same media that peddled the Russia Hoax, won’t give back their Pulitzers?
They got Pulitzers for a bunch of lies, Pulitzers for a bunch of lies! And on hoaxes time, and time, and time again. And as they peddle those lies, no one ever calls them on it. See, this is what the media does. They take anonymous sources from disgruntled former employees and then they try to slash and burn people and ruin their reputations.
It’s not going to work with me because we’re changing the defense department, putting the pentagon back in the hands of war fighters, and anonymous smears from disgruntled former employees on old news doesn’t matter. So, I’m happy to be here at the Easter Egg Roll with my dad and my kids because you know, this is what we’re doing it for, these kids.
This is why we’re fighting the fake news media. This is why we’re fighting slash and burn democrats. This is why we’re fighting hoaxters. Hoaxters, this group right here, full of hoaxters that peddle anonymous sources from leakers with access to grime, and then you put it all together as if it’s some news story. You know exactly what it is. So, I’m really proud of what we’re doing for the President, fighting hard across the board. And I’m going to go roll some Easter eggs with my kids.
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