Top House Democrat Hakeem Jeffries has demanded that United States President Donald Trump fire Pete Hegseth after he added The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg to a Signal chat disclosing war plans in Yemen.
In the letter, Jeffries called Hegseth “the most unqualified Secretary of Defense in American history”.
“Hegseth’s continued presence in the top position of leadership at the Pentagon threatens the nation’s security and puts our brave men and women in uniform throughout the world in danger,” the letter read.
However, before Jeffries' letter was made public, Trump downplayed the severity of the editor-in-chief being added to the Signal chat.
In a meeting with U.S. ambassadors, Trump claimed that there was “no classified information” in the chat.
“I hear it’s used by a lot of groups,” he said.
“It’s used by the media a lot. It’s used by a lot of the military, and I think, successfully, but sometimes somebody can get on to those things.
“That’s one of the prices you pay when you’re not sitting in the Situation Room.”
Goldberg revealed Hegseth added him to the chat by publishing an article quoting and showing screenshots from the Signal conversation.
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