Fresh scandal as Pete Hegseth accused of ordering Signalgate evidence deleted

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Source: Raw Story

June 6, 2025 2:57PM ET


The Defense Department Inspector General is now investigating whether Pete Hegseth attempted to cover up his use of Signal to share sensitive military information. The Army Times reported on Friday that two people familiar with the investigation by the Pentagon watchdog revealed details to the Associated Press about the matter.

A previous IG investigation was announced last month to more specifically probe the Signal chat itself, which contained secret information about airstrikes on Houthi targets on March 15. Some of the chats included Hegseth's wife and brother, while another included The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg.

The new investigation is likely to interview current and former staff about Hegseth's behavior that day and whether anyone other than him had access to his phone, the two people told the AP.

Hegseth is set to testify to Congress for the first time since the incident next week. The report noted that the questions will likely involve his handling of top-secret information. There may also be questions about resignations from "several senior aides" and Hegseth's attempt to find where leaks were coming from inside his staff.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth-2672323736/

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Link to Army Times/AP article - https://www.armytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/06/06/watchdog-probes-if-aides-were-asked-to-delete-hegseths-signal-chats/

[Demovictory9]

1. He will start out hearing talking about his religion

[magicarpet]

2. Did Hegseth order his underlings to erase,...

Any/all/every of the 100s of Signal app communications that revealed top secret military information.

So this way Hegseth could keep his hands clean of obstructing any future oversite investigations, and allow the blame to fall on a subordinate instead ?

[FakeNoose]

3. Wasn't that the reason why they used Signal app to begin with?

As I understand it, anything communicated on Signal has a very short lifespan, and then it disappears.

[AZJonnie]

4. I believe Signal automatically deletes conversations after a very short time

And in the meanwhile, the conversations are stored client-side (i.e. in the participants phone only) and therefore never 'recorded' in any sort of centralized way (unlike, say, your ISP records or SMS message). That's kinda the selling point of the app, along with the strong encryption.

[magicarpet]

5. There might be a way to recover deleted Signal app communications.

Computer geek level forensics required..... above my pay grade....

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