{"id":2425720,"date":"2025-04-21T11:03:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T15:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-stands-by-pete-hegseth-amid-new-signal-allegations\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T11:04:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T15:04:53","slug":"white-house-stands-by-pete-hegseth-amid-new-signal-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-stands-by-pete-hegseth-amid-new-signal-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"White House stands by Pete Hegseth amid new Signal allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-stands-by-pete-hegseth-amid-new-signal-allegations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2425720&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>the White House is defending Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth amidst allegations concerning his use of the Signal messaging app. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt emphasized that President Trump has full confidence in Hegseth, stating that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eric-adams-cancels-mlk-day-events-to-accept-last-minute-trump-invite-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Eric Adams cancels MLK Day events to accept last-minute Trump invite - Washington Examiner\">thes allegations<\/a> are part of a backlash against the changes he is trying to implement at the Pentagon. The controversy arises from reports that Hegseth shared sensitive data regarding U.S. military operations in Yemen in a private Signal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/orthodox-jews-slam-new-amazon-prime-regulations\/\" title=\"Orthodox Jews Slam New Amazon Prime Regulations\">group chat<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">included family members<\/a>. Despite these allegations, Pentagon officials have dismissed claims of any classified information being leaked, asserting that they stem from disgruntled former employees. Some former Pentagon officials have called for Hegseth to resign, citing chaos within the department in recent weeks.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">White House stands by Pete Hegseth amid new Signal allegations<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2101518\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"White House\">White House<\/a> officials are defending Defense Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pete-hegseth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Pete Hegseth\">Pete Hegseth<\/a> amid allegations related to the Signal messaging app.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The president absolutely has confidence in Secretary Hegseth,&rdquo; White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday. &ldquo;I spoke to him about it this morning, and he stands strongly behind him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3385814\/trump-remembrance-pope-francis-death\/\">Trump shares message of remembrance for Pope Francis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3385776\/jd-vance-tribute-pope-francis-death\/\">Vance pays tribute to Pope Francis after meeting him hours before his death<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3385218\/project-2025-revisited-is-trump-running-playbook\/\">Project 2025 revisited: After 100 days, is Trump running the playbook?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The <em>New York Times <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/20\/us\/politics\/hegseth-yemen-attack-second-signal-chat.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=2A3D3AB0-0552-4B64-99A1-4F9BE34BEE68\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reported\">reported<\/a> Sunday that Hegseth disclosed details regarding U.S. strikes against the Yemeni Houthis in a second Signal group chat that included members of his family.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, the chat was titled &ldquo;Defense | Team Huddle&rdquo; and included information on flight schedules for F\/A-18 Hornets targeting the Houthis. Hegseth&rsquo;s brother, who is a Defense Department employee, and his wife were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3385688\/hegseth-posted-yemen-strike-details-second-signal-chat-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"part of the group chat\">part of the group chat<\/a>, along with about a dozen other people from his personal and professional circles.<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth created the group chat in January before his Senate confirmation, and he reportedly used his personal phone to access it. Hegseth shared the information on the strikes two months later, on March 15.<\/p>\n<p>Those allegations come just weeks after the initial Signalgate controversy, during which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uaw-workers-at-zf-plant-in-alabama-ratify-labor-deal-end-strike\/\" title=\"UAW workers at Alabama&#039;s ZF plant approve labor deal, halt strike.\">strike plans<\/a> against the Houthis were accidentally shared with journalist Jeffrey Goldberg. In both cases, White House officials have accused the press of making too much of the incident, and Leavitt said the latest accusations are a form of blowback against reforms Hegseth is leading at the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is what happens when the entire Pentagon is working against you and working against the monumental change that you are trying to implement,&rdquo; she <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1914299932854407660\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> during a Fox News interview. &ldquo;Secretary Hegseth was nominated for this position because he is standing up for the warfighter, the men and women in uniform who are putting their lives on the line to protect our country and our homeland.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Unfortunately, there have been people at that building who don&rsquo;t like the change the secretary is trying to bring, so they are leaking and they are lying to the mainstream media,&rdquo; she added. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve seen this game played before. The secretary is doing a tremendous job, and the president stands strongly behind him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/seanparnellatsd\/status\/1914135704101175583?s=46&amp;t=dLDHW121248b99LVOOTrAg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement&nbsp;<\/a>late Sunday responding to the report, Defense Department officials dismissed it as &ldquo;garbage&rdquo; from the &ldquo;Trump-hating media&rdquo; and claimed that the <em>New York Times&rsquo;s<\/em>&nbsp;sources were merely &ldquo;disgruntled former employees&rdquo; who want to &ldquo;sabotage&rdquo; Hegseth.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell also said no classified information was shared in Hegseth&rsquo;s Signal group chat.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There was no classified information in any Signal chat, no matter how many ways they try to write the story,&rdquo; Parnell said. &ldquo;What is true is that the Office of the Secretary of Defense is continuing to become stronger and more efficient in executing President Trump&rsquo;s agenda.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But a former Pentagon spokesman, John Ullyot, now argues that Hegseth should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3385762\/hegseth-former-spokesman-calls-for-his-firing-in-op-ed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"resign\">resign<\/a> following a &ldquo;month of chaos.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3385688\/hegseth-posted-yemen-strike-details-second-signal-chat-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Hegseth posted Yemen strike details in second Signal chat: Report\">Hegseth posted Yemen strike details in second Signal chat: Report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s been a month of total chaos at the Pentagon,&rdquo; Ullyot wrote in an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2025\/04\/20\/pentagon-chaos-ullyot-hegseth-00205594\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">opinion essay<\/a>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>Politico<\/em>&nbsp;published Sunday night. &ldquo;Even strong backers of the secretary like me must admit: The last month has been a full-blown meltdown at the Pentagon &mdash; and it&rsquo;s becoming a real problem for the administration.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>White House officials have largely blamed the latest allegations on disgruntled former employees. Ullyot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3385705\/former-pentagon-spokesman-suggests-total-chaos-could-lead-hegseth-ouster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"resigned\">resigned<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2101518\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2101518\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House supports Pete Hegseth amid Signal app claims<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2425721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Pete-Hegseth.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[45438,53821,6062],"class_list":["post-2425720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-petehegseth","tag-signalallegations","tag-whitehouse"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Pete-Hegseth.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2425720"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2425724,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425720\/revisions\/2425724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2425721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2425720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2425720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2425720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}