Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other members of the Trump administration are being investigated for their recent use of a Signal app before a military strike on the Houthis in Yemen.

The Pentagon's inspector general launched a probe into the Trump administration's use of Signal to discuss a planned strike on the Houthis in Yemen.

The Pentagon inspector general's office said in a memo Thursday it will evaluate Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of Signal to discuss strikes against the Houthis in Yemen last month. "The objective of this evaluation is to determine the extent to which the Secretary of Defense and other DoD personnel complied with DoD policies and procedures for the use of a commercial messaging application for official business,

Defence chief Pete Hegseth and others coordinated March 15 US military strikes in messaging app conversation that included journalist.

The use of the Signal messaging app by top Trump officials came to light after The Atlantic’s editor was added to a group chat about planned Houthi strikes.

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The Pentagon’s acting inspector general has announced that he will review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi militant

The Defense Inspector General's Office will look into whether the defense secretary improperly shared sensitive information on the commercial app.

The Pentagon inspector general's office will investigate Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of commercial messaging app Signal to discuss air strikes on Yemen, a memo released Thursday said.The probe will evaluate "the extent to which the Secretary of Defense and other DoD personnel complied with DoD policies and procedures for the use of a commercial messaging application for official business,

The inspector general review follows revelations that top Trump officials used the unclassified platform Signal to coordinate military strikes in Yemen.

It’s a more extensive use of the app than previously reported and sheds new light on how commonly the Trump administration’s national security team relies on Signal.

The team of President Donald Trump's national security adviser, Mike Waltz, set up at least 20 group chats on the commercial Signal app to coordinate official work on issues involving China, Gaza, Middle East policy,