Pentagon inspector general to investigate Pete Hegseth's role in Signal chat leak

Main Idea: The Pentagon’s inspector general will investigate whether Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth broke rules by using Signal to discuss a Yemen strike, including whether classified information was shared.

Key Points:

• The review will examine whether Hegseth and other Defense Department staff followed rules for using a commercial messaging app for official work.
• Senate Armed Services leaders asked for the probe after concerns that sensitive or classified information may have been shared in the chat.
• The inquiry will also look at whether records retention rules were followed.
• The case stems from a Signal group chat that The Atlantic said included Hegseth and other senior officials discussing military plans for Yemen, with later reporting showing detailed strike timing in the messages.