Hegseth lashes out at media amidst 'full blown meltdown' at the Pentagon claims

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Hegseth lashes out at media amidst 'full blown meltdown' at the Pentagon claims  US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is under pressure over reports of a second Signal chatroom and turmoil in the Pentagon.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/04/22/hegseth-lashes-out-at-media-amidst-full-blown-meltdown-at-the-pentagon-claims  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00The White House defended Defense Secretary Pete Hexeth on Monday over a new signal messaging

00:05scandal.

00:06Reports on Sunday detailed a second check where Hexeth allegedly shared sensitive military

00:11data with family members.

00:13Significantly, neither the White House nor Hexeth denied the report's core claims.

00:18Instead, President Donald Trump said Hexeth was doing a great job and that he was removing

00:23quote bad people from the Pentagon.

00:26Trump also dismissed the story as fake news and nothing new.

00:30Are you bringing up signal again?

00:31I thought they gave that up two weeks ago.

00:33It's the same old stuff from the media.

00:36That's an old one.

00:37Try finding something new.

00:39Hexeth himself attacked the media and leakers, willing to continue his reforms at the Department

00:44of Defense.

00:45And what a big surprise that a bunch of, a few leakers get fired and suddenly a bunch

00:50of hit pieces come out from the same media that peddled the Russia hopes, won't get back

00:55their Pulitzers.

00:56They got Pulitzers for a bunch of lies.

00:58This is what the media does.

01:00They take anonymous sources from disgruntled former employees and then they try to slash

01:05and burn people and ruin their reputation.

01:07It's not going to work with me.

01:09The second chat reportedly contains similar sensitive information to a previously revealed

01:13chat involving top officials, which is already under investigation.

01:17This is why we're fighting.

01:18Democrats led by Senator Schumer are demanding that Hexeth be fired over the repeated security

01:23concerns.

01:24The controversy unfolds amid wider Pentagon turmoil, including the recent departure of

01:29several senior aides to Hexeth.

01:31And then you put it all together as if it's some news story.

01:35The news story.

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