Washington (ap) — three former senior advisers to defense secretary pete hegseth decried on saturday what they called baseless attacks after each was escorted from the pentagon in an expanding probe on information leaks Defense secretary pete hegseth said in a tuesday interview that his former top aides, who were fired last week amid a probe into leaks at the pentagon, could face charges at the end of the. Dan caldwell, a hegseth aide
Top Hegseth Aide Escorted Out of Pentagon in Leak Probe
Colin carroll, chief of staff to deputy.
The department has faced heavy scrutiny recently after hegseth and other top trump cabinet officials engaged in a signal group chat, which included a journalist, while discussing imminent war plans.
Three former senior aides to defense secretary pete hegseth issued a joint statement condemning their ouster from the pentagon due to baseless attacks, amid a widening probe into information. Top aides to defense secretary pete hegseth were placed on leave and escorted out of the building this week as the pentagon probes unauthorized leaks Senior adviser dan caldwell, deputy chief of. Two aides to defense secretary pete hegseth were placed on administrative leave on april 15 as part of an investigation into unauthorized leaks of information, according to two defense officials.
Earlier this week, dan caldwell, a top adviser to defense secretary pete hegseth, was placed on administrative leave for an an unauthorized disclosure, a government official previously told. A second top official has been ousted from pete hegseth's pentagon following a probe into potential leaks The pentagon's deputy chief of staff, darin selnick, was suspended from his post and.