Hegseth says 'nobody was texting war plans' after group chat breach

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters Monday that “nobody was texting warfare plans” pursuing news breaking that Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, gained entree to a radical chat featuring Trump medication officials talking astir plans for an onslaught against Houthi rebels successful Yemen.

“Nobody was texting warfare plans, and that’s each I person to accidental astir that,” Hegseth said extracurricular a level successful Hawaii aft being asked astir Goldberg’s entree to the chat.

Hegseth besides called Goldberg “a deceitful and highly discredited, alleged writer who's made a assemblage of peddling hoaxes clip and clip again.”

The Hill has reached retired to The Atlantic for comment.