Trump rejected the idea of resigning the Pentagon chief after the data leak scandal

US President Donald Trump said that Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth had nothing to do with the leak of information about the strikes of the American armed forces in Yemen. The Hill writes about this on March 27.

"Hegseth is doing a great job. He had nothing to do with it," Trump said, answering a question about the possible resignation of the head of the Pentagon.

The US president also said that National Security Adviser Mike Waltz "took responsibility" for the data leak.

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The scandalous publication of the Atlantic magazine discussing attacks on the Yemeni Houthis by the US administration became known on March 25. Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of the magazine, said that on March 11 he received a request to connect to Signal from a user under the nickname "Mike Waltz," The Newspaper recalls.Ru». Two days later, Goldberg received a notification about adding the "Houthis small group" to the group chat. Then, on March 15, a user named "Pete Hegseth" posted a message that contained details of the upcoming strikes against the Houthis.

According to the screenshots, Hegseth sent information about the departure of American F-18 fighter jets 31 minutes before the start of the mission.

Trump said he was not upset by the scandal over the leak of data on strikes in Yemen and considered the incident an "insignificant glitch." On March 26, it was reported that the American human rights organization American Oversight filed a lawsuit in the Federal court of the District of Columbia against the head of the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth.