The Department of Defense Office Of Inspector General (OIG) said Thursday that it is launching an investigation into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s involvement in a leaked Signal group chat discussing strikes against Houthi Rebels in Yemen.
The OIG said the office was complying with a request from the Senate Armed Services Committee to determine whether or not Hegseth complied with DOD guidelines for using the “commercial messaging application for official business,” according to the OIG memo published Thursday. Hegseth was an active member of the “Houthi PC Small Group” chat, which leaked to the public after National Security Advisor Mike Waltz inadvertently added Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffery Goldberg to the group.
“Additionally, we will review compliance with classification and records retention requirements,” the memo reads. “We may revise the objective as the evaluation proceeds.”
The Pentagon did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
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