Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth returned to his former employer Fox News to defend his tenure amid new revelations that he shared military plans on a Signal group chat and a bombshell op ed from a former spokesperson who described the Pentagon atmosphere as the “month from hell.”

Kilmeade pointed out Tuesday that many of the employees let go from the Pentagon were people that Hegseth brought on as close allies and were shown the door without even being asked to show the contents of their phones, something you’d expect in any leak investigation.

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This comes as Hegseth is again mired in controversy over sharing military operational details in a group chat.

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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is playing some defence of his own after new reports accused him of sharing confidential military plans with family members.