Adviser to Hegseth Says Watchdog Report Over ‘Signalgate’ Clears Him

Pentagon Report Expected to Exonerate Hegseth

Navy Reserve Commander Tim Parlatore, an attorney and adviser to Hegseth, told Just the News, No Noise on Wednesday that the report by Pentagon inspector general Steven Stebbins – which has been sent to Congress and is expected to be released publicly on Thursday – “totally exonerates” Hegseth.

Parlatore also said the report details broader reliance on the Signal messaging app among national security officials during the Biden administration, the outlet reported.

“You’re going to see that it totally exonerates Pete Hegseth,” Parlatore said. “There is no classified material in those texts. Everything he declassified – that he has within his authority to declassify.”