WASHINGTON —Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing renewed scrutiny after a new report that he shared the timing of U.S. air strikes on Houthi rebels with his wife and brother on an encrypted commercial messaging app.
Hegseth already has acknowledged that he had participated in a Signal chat about the March 15 attacks with senior Trump administration officials; that chat is under review by the Pentagon Inspector General for the handling of sensitive information. Late Sunday night, Sen. Jack Reed, the top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, called on the inspector general to expand the review to the latest allegation of spilling sensitive information to family members.
The second chat included the same information about the timing of the airstrikes carried out by pilots on F-18 warplanes and missiles fired from ships, according to reports in the New York Times and CNN. Current and former military officials have told USA TODAY that the information was highly sensitive and probably classified. Its interception by adversaries could have had dire implications for those carrying out the attacks.
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