Dems Press Waltz On Hegseth Sharing 'demonstrably Sensitive Information' In Signal Chat

Democratic lawmakers zeroed successful connected Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s domiciled successful a Signal group chat during a confirmation proceeding for erstwhile National Security Advisor Mike Waltz to service arsenic ambassador to nan U.N. 

Waltz came nether scrutiny aft his squad group up a Signal group chat to talk strikes against nan Houthis. A journalist from nan Atlantic was accidentally included on pinch different apical management officials, including Hegseth, Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. 

While Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., said it was an "amateurish move" for Waltz’s agency to see nan journalist, Kaine said that thing indicated Waltz shared classified accusation successful nan chat. 

But Kaine said location are astatine slightest 2 Pentagon investigations underway, 1 pinch nan Pentagon inspector wide and different pinch nan Air Force, to find whether Hegseth did disclose classified accusation successful nan chats erstwhile he discussed circumstantial craft and times of nan strikes. 

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Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., speaks during a confirmation proceeding earlier nan Senate Committee connected Foreign Relations successful nan Dirksen Senate Office Building July 15, 2025, successful Washington.  (Getty Images)

"They haven't yet reached a conclusion, but they surely haven't reached a conclusion that nary classified accusation is shared. Am I incorrect astir that?" Kaine said of nan investigations. 

"I shouldn't and can't remark connected ongoing investigations," Waltz said. "What I tin do is echo Secretary Hegseth’s grounds that nary names, targets, locations, units, route, sources, methods, nary classified information." 

"I sewage it. I'm judge Secretary Hegseth says he didn't stock immoderate classified information," Kaine said. "But nan truth of nan matter is location are 2 investigations going connected astatine nan Pentagon precisely to determine, successful an nonsubjective and independent way, whether classified accusation was shared and, a minimum, sharing onslaught plans pinch delicate subject accusation that shouldn't person been shared." 

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Democratic lawmakers zeroed successful connected nan domiciled of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, right, successful a Signal group chat during a confirmation proceeding for erstwhile National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, left, to service arsenic ambassador to nan U.N.  (Getty Images )

Sen. Chris Coons, D-Conn., besides voiced concerns astir nan usage of nan Signal group chat aft Waltz doubled down connected nan Trump administration’s claims that nary classified accusation was communicated complete nan chat. 

"You were sharing specifications astir an upcoming airstrike and nan clip of motorboat and nan imaginable targets," Coons said. "I mean, this was demonstrably delicate information." 

Coons asked Waltz if nan erstwhile nationalist information advisor had spoken to Hegseth astir his determination to stock elaborate accusation pertaining to nan strike. 

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"What we said about, Senator, was a highly successful ngo that did thing that nan Biden management did not do, (which) was really target nan Houthi leadership," Waltz said. 

Lawmakers, including Coons, voiced that they’d hoped Waltz would return ownership of what was discussed successful nan chat, while Waltz maintained nary classified accusation was shared. 

"I was hoping to perceive from you that you had immoderate consciousness of regret complete sharing what was very sensitive, timely accusation astir a subject onslaught connected a commercially disposable app," Coons said. "That's not, arsenic we some know, nan due measurement to stock specified captious information."  

Former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz antecedently served arsenic a congressman from Florida and is simply a retired Army National Guard colonel and erstwhile Green Beret.  (Getty Images)

"Again, Senator, I deliberation we person a basal disagreement, arsenic location was nary classified accusation connected that chat," Waltz said. 

The Pentagon declined to supply remark to Fox News Digital. Waltz could not beryllium reached for remark by Fox News Digital. 

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Waltz antecedently served arsenic a U.S. congressman from Florida and is simply a retired Army National Guard colonel and erstwhile Green Beret. 

President Donald Trump announced Waltz would time off his domiciled astatine nan White House starring nan National Security Council May 1, only to uncover hours later nan erstwhile Florida congressman’s information to correspond nan U.S. astatine nan U.N.