Adviser to Hegseth Says Watchdog Report Over ‘Signalgate’ Clears Him

According to the article, Goldberg was mistakenly added to a Signal group chat by a user identified as “Mike Waltz,” who was serving as national security adviser at the time. T

he chat included War Secretary Pete Hegseth, Vice President JD Vance, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent, and other national security officials, Just the News added.

Messages attributed to Hegseth, sent shortly before U.S. military action, reportedly contained

details about planned March 15 strikes on Iranian-backed Houthi forces in Yemen.

The strikes were later carried out as part of Operation Rough Rider, a campaign in which U.S. Central Command said more than 800 targets were hit over several weeks earlier this year.

Multiple news outlets, citing anonymous sources, reported Wednesday that the Pentagon inspector general’s review found Hegseth had violated military regulations.