A Pentagon investigation has found fault with US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for using the Signal messaging app on his personal device to share sensitive details about planned military strikes in Yemen. The review raised concerns that this practice could have put US troops at risk if the information had been intercepted. Despite these findings, the Pentagon's Inspector General did not determine whether the shared information was classified, noting that the defense secretary has the authority to decide what is classified.

The report has not yet been made public, but officials expect its release later this week. In official statements, both the Pentagon and Hegseth have maintained that no classified information was involved and that the review cleared the defense secretary of wrongdoing.