Hegseth on the defence after report of 2nd Signal chat where he shared details of Yemen strike

It might be time someone took Pete Hegseth’s phone away.

The United States Defence Secretary is once again, facing accusations that he shared sensitive military plans while using his personal phone, this time, with his own family.

We’re learning that this second chat, which used the encrypted messaging app Signal, more or less had the same details as the last, which involved military strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen.

However, many are raising questions on why Hegseth’s brother, wife and personal attorney, would need to be in the know.

Pete Hegseth took some time Monday to address new allegations that he used a non-government messaging app to share war plans.

Last month, the Defence Secretary was named in another report, after the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic was accidentally added to a group chat on signal, with a number of other senior White House officials.

They openly discussed flight schedules for FA18 hornets, that were set to carry out several strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen.

Matters were only made worse after Hegseth denied “texting any war plans,” and in response, the Atlantic released those war plans.

READ MORE : Atlantic reveals screenshots of detailed war plans White House maintains innocence

Soon after, the Pentagon launched an investigation into the matter, and things have only gotten worse since.

This latest report, first published by the New York times Sunday, and later corroborated by several other major news outlets, claims that Hegseth had another chat with similar discussions, only this one involved his wife, his two brothers, and his personal lawyer.

Typically, war plans are only communicated on a need-to-know, top-secret basis, and certainly not over messaging apps that are available on widely available to the public.