In an interview with Fox & Friends on Tuesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegses touted the claims of former chief spokesman John Ullyot that “Total Chaos” and “dysfunction” were occurring in the Pentagon.
Politico has announced Ullyot’s op-ed The title “Moon from Hell in the Agency” titled “Moon from Hell” on Sunday, claiming that Heggs leaders were causing a “completely blown away meltdown” in the Pentagon, suggesting President Donald Trump will replace his secretary. In an interview with “Fox & Friends,” Hegseth said it was “unfortunate” that Ullyot “misinformed” what was going on with the Pentagon in the press for political reasons.
“Anyone who knows John knows why we let him go,” Hegses said. “We’ve given a lot of benefits for John. He did some good work in advance and he was asked to move and move together. Now he’s misrepresenting a lot in the press, which is a shame. (Related: The Pentagon says “no classification information” shared after the new signal report)
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Urit criticized the departure of senior adviser Dan Kardwell, deputy director of Defense Secretary Colin Carroll, Darling Sernick, for the departure of senior adviser Dan Kardwell, who is said to have been placed on administrative leave after leaking sensitive information as part of an investigation conducted in early April. He alleged that Hegses’ team spread the word about these senior officials as “flat out, easily lying out” when they were on leave from the Pentagon.
“The department said it would conduct polygraph tests as part of the probe, but not one of the three has been given a lie detector test. In fact, at least one of them has told him that investigators had advised him that he was officially clearing the fraud,” Ullyot wrote. “Unfortunately, Hegses’ team has developed the habit of anonymously denying falsehoods about their colleagues and easily exposing falsehoods on their way out the door.”
Hegseth fought that Hegseth’s Chief of Staff Joe Kasper was planning to leave the agency following a string of firing of other top staff members.
The former chief spokesman said that although not part of the purge, he voluntarily resigned from his role when Hegses offered him a new position.
Ullyot also mentioned a leak in the signal chat that includes details about the attack on Yemen’s Houthis, which includes details about the attack on Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg. Heggs also reportedly took his wife to “two meetings with foreign military counterparts where sensitive information was discussed” and shared more information about the Yemeni strike in another signal chat, including his spouse and brother. According to To the New York Times.
The Department of Defense Inspector (DODIG) began investigating the first leak on April 3 at the request of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Uritt said many “quietly praise” when Trump puts Hegses accountable by firing him from his position.
“The president is better than he is now Michegos “In a pentagon,” Uriot wrote. “Given his record of holding previous cabinet leaders accountable, many of the Secretary’s own inner circles will be quietly praised if Trump chooses to do the same thing in a short order at the top of the Defense Department.”
White House spokesman Karoline Leavitt told “Fox & Friends” on Monday that Hegseth was doing “a phenomenal job” leading the Pentagon. Trump I said On Monday on the White House Easter Eggroll, Hegses showed he was “doing a great job” at the Pentagon, and that “disgruntled employees” were spreading misinformation about his job performance.
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