White House voices support for Hegseth following new Signal chat revelation

Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth (Alex Brandon/AP)

The White House expressed its support for defence secretary Pete Hegseth following media reports that he shared sensitive military details in another Signal messaging chat, this time with his wife and brother.

Neither the White House nor Mr Hegseth denied that he had shared such information in a second chat, instead focusing their responses on what they called the disgruntled workers whom they blamed for leaking to the media and insisting that no classified information had been disclosed.