“The truth is that there is an informal group chat that started before confirmation of his closest advisers,” the official said. “Nothing classified was ever discussed on that chat.”
Sean Parnell, the chief #Pentagon spox, did not respond to requests for comment.
The “Defense/Team Huddle” #Signal chat until recently included about a dozen of #Hegseth’s top aides, including Joe Kasper, Hegseth’s chief of staff, & Parnell, the Pentagon’s chief spox.