Pete Hegseth put U.S. troops in danger by sharing sensitive war plans on the Signal group chat app, according to an inspector general’s report on the Signalgate scandal.

The watchdog report was sent to lawmakers on Tuesday night, and a copy was leaked to CNN. The unclassified version of the IG report is set to be released on Thursday.

The report said Hegseth should not have used Signal and determined that senior Defense Department officials need better training on protocols, CNN’s sources said.

Hegseth and other Pentagon officials have repeatedly denied that any classified material was shared on the chat.

The Defense Secretary’s use of Signal to share information about the strike in Yemen with other Trump administration officials was first reported by The Atlantic in March when its

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