The Pentagon's watchdog has concluded that U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth risked endangering American troops when he shared sensitive information on the messaging app Signal earlier this year.

In a report made public Thursday morning, the Department of Defense's Inspector General said Hegseth's messages about planned strikes in Yemen contained information that was "sensitive, nonpublic, operational information" when he pressed send.

But, when asked about the report Wednesday ahead of the release, chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell told Newsweek that it left defense secretary in the clear.

"The Inspector General review is a TOTAL exoneration of Secretary Hegseth and proves what we knew all along: no classified information was shared," Parnell said via email. "T

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