Hegseth had another Signal chat where he shared details of Yemen strike, New York Times reports

WASHINGTON AP Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth created another Signal messaging chat that included his wife and brother where he shared the same details of a March military airstrike against Yemen s Houthi militants that were sent in another chain with top Trump administration leaders The New York Times disclosed A person familiar with the contents and those who received the messages who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters proven the second chat to The Associated Press The second chat on Signal which is a commercially available app not authorized to be used to communicate sensitive or classified national defense information included people the person commented They also established the chat was dubbed Defense Gang Huddle The New York Times communicated that group included Hegseth s wife Jennifer a former Fox News producer and his brother Phil Hegseth who was hired at the Pentagon as a Department of Homeland Guard liaison and senior adviser Both have been traveling with the defense secretary and attending high-level meetings The revelation of the additional chat group is sure to bring fresh criticism against Hegseth and the wider Trump administration after it has failed to take action so far against top national shield executives who discussed plans for a military strike in Signal The first chat set up by national precaution adviser Mike Waltz included a number of Cabinet members and came to light because Jeffrey Goldberg editor-in-chief of The Atlantic was added to the group The contents of the chat which The Atlantic published shows that Hegseth listed weapons systems and a timeline for the attack on Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen last month Source