The Pentagon’s inspector general has reportedly determined that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth improperly used the messaging app Signal to convey sensitive information, thereby putting a United States military operation at risk.

Media reports, released on Wednesday, offered a preview of the inspector general’s report, slated to be released in full on Thursday.

Anonymous sources familiar with the document told news agencies, including The Associated Press, that Hegseth’s use of a personal device to transmit sensitive information was deemed to run afoul of Pentagon policy.

The inspector general’s report focuses on a scandal that unfolded in late March, when the editor-in-chief at The Atlantic magazine, Jeffrey Goldberg, wrote an article describing an extraordinary series of events.

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