White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed that the "entire Pentagon" was working against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after reports said he shared war plan details with members of his family in a second secret Signal chat.
The New York Times reported on Sunday that Hegseth shared information about an upcoming attack against the Houthis in Yemen with his wife, lawyer, and brother. The news came after four top Pentagon officials were fired last week.
"The president stands strongly behind Secretary Hegseth, who is doing a phenomenal job leading the Pentagon," Leavitt told Fox News host Brian Kilmeade on Monday. "And this is what happens when the entire Pentagon is working against you and working against the monumental change that you are trying to implement."
"There have been people at that building who don't like the change the secretary is trying to bring," she added. "So they are leaking and they are lying to the mainstream media."
CNN's Natasha Bertrand pointed out that "more than 20,000 people work at the Pentagon, including military personnel and veterans who have served for decades."
