{"id":1135835,"date":"2025-04-21T17:56:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T14:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1135835"},"modified":"2025-04-21T17:56:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T14:56:31","slug":"u-s-defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-criticizes-whistleblowers-and-media-amid-signal-chat-leak-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/u-s-defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-criticizes-whistleblowers-and-media-amid-signal-chat-leak-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Criticizes Whistleblowers and Media Amid Signal Chat Leak Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth criticized whistleblowers and the media amid reports that he had used another Signal chat to discuss classified military plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hegseth\u2019s comments were reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/trump-presidency-04-21-25#cm9r32k4300003b613w53hxft\">CNN.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The outraged head of the Pentagon stated that the media \u201cspread lies over and over again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey take anonymous sources, disgruntled former employees, and try to slash and burn people and destroy their reputations,\u201d Hegseth said during the Easter \u201cegg roll\u201d at the White House, where he was joined by his children and his wife, who is also in one of the Signal chats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat won\u2019t work with me, because we\u2019re transforming the Department of Defense, giving the Pentagon back to the fighters who actually fight. And anonymous smears from disgruntled ex-employees \u2014 that\u2019s old news, it doesn\u2019t matter,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized that he is \u201cvery proud\u201d of what the Pentagon is doing for the president. In response to a question about whether he had spoken with President Donald Trump, Hegseth said that he has the support of the White House chief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, it was reported that Pete Hegseth may have shared details of the March attack on Yemeni Houthis in a group Signal chat that included his wife, brother, and personal attorney. The Pentagon, however, denied this information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The White House has dismissed any speculation about Hegseth\u2019s possible dismissal following the new Signal scandal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-shmyhal-offer-condolences-on-death-of-pope-francis\/\">Zelenskyy, Shmyhal offer condolences on death of Pope Francis<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth criticized whistleblowers and the media amid &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1124460,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,36415,36422,54,50],"tags":[78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1135835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en","category-11473-news-en-3","category-usa-en","category-svit-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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