Pentagon’s Signalgate report finds Pete Hegseth violated military policies

The Pentagon's inspector general has released a report on the "Signalgate" incident, where Trump administration officials used an unauthorized messaging app to discuss classified military intelligence. The report found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated military policies by using a non-approved messaging app to send non-public Department of Defense (DoD) information, risking the potential compromise of sensitive information. The report recommended a review of classification procedures and suggested that other corrective actions, if implemented, would comply with the department's requirements. The investigation was limited by the auto-delete function of the messaging app, and the report relied in part on reporting from a journalist who was inadvertently added to the chat. While Hegseth claimed "total exoneration," a member of the Armed Services Committee stated that the report found he was in violation of some DoD regulations, though the legal implications remain unclear.