An inspector general report released earlier this week found Secretary of War Pete Hegseth could have endangered troops by using the encrypted Signal app to discuss a pending strike on Houthi targets in Yemen.

Hegseth called the IG findings a "total exoneration."

While U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Saks), the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, did not call it a total exoneration, he dismissed claims that the Signal communication posed a threat to what he deemed to be a "successful operation."

"Ultimately, the Secretary of Defense has the authority to determine classification levels, and he exercised that authority here. It's important to remember that this was a successful operation that took out a dangerous target with no harm to U.S. troops," Rogers said in a statement releas

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