WSJ: Pentagon IG Expands Signalgate Investigation

The Independent reports:

The Pentagon’s inspector general has expanded an investigation into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s sharing of military plans to include a second Signal chat group, according to reports.

Acting Inspector General Stephen Stebbins announced at the start of April that he was investigating Hegseth’s use of the “unclassified” messaging app to detail U.S. airstrikes against the Houthi group in Yemen. That group included other senior White House and Trump administration officials, but it also included a senior journalist by mistake.

Stebbins’s announcement came before the New York Times revealed that Hegseth had shared details of U.S. military attacks on the Houthis in a second chat, which this time included the secretary’s personal lawyer, brother and wife.

Read the full article. The original WSJ report is behind a paywall. Mike Waltz was seen checking Signal at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, the day before he was fired.

The Pentagon inspector general has reportedly expanded an investigation into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the encrypted messaging app Signal.https://t.co/JAt088R1yc

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) May 1, 2025

This is almost clownishly inept at this point. Mike Waltz had his Signal open during the Cabinet meeting for anyone to see with chats with Rubio, Gabbard, Witkoff, JD Vance, and more. They are just fucking around with no security protocols at all. pic.twitter.com/7PoQhoyxgb

— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) May 1, 2025

Photos show Mike Waltz checking Signal during yesterday’s cabinet meeting. Unreal.

:Reuters pic.twitter.com/u4jYwbdIW6

— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) May 1, 2025