Journalist Jeffrey Goldberg suggested Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth lied about the severity of an intelligence leak that shocked much of Washington, D.C.

In a Monday night appearance on CNN, Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic, discussed his story, in which he revealed he was added to a Signal group chat of top Trump administration officials discussing sensitive plans about a strike on the Houthis. Hegseth, one of the participants in the chat, dismissed concerns Monday evening, saying “war plans” weren’t discussed on the platform. Goldberg disputed his characterization.

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