{"id":331786,"date":"2025-12-05T09:38:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T09:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/331786\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T09:38:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T09:38:09","slug":"vance-returned-to-hegseths-signal-group-chat-to-joke-about-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/331786\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance returned to Hegseth\u2019s Signal group chat to joke about scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/salon.com\/topic\/department-of-defense\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Department of Defense;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Department of Defense<\/a>\u2018s inspector general <a href=\"https:\/\/media.defense.gov\/2025\/Dec\/04\/2003834916\/-1\/-1\/1\/DODIG_2026_021.PDF\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:released a damning report;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">released a damning report<\/a> on Defense Secretary <a href=\"http:\/\/salon.com\/topic\/pete-hegseth\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Pete Hegseth;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Pete Hegseth<\/a>\u2018s use of app-based group chats to discuss sensitive information on Thursday, finding that Hegseth\u2019s failure to follow protocol <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/created-risk-ig-report-says-195900876.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:could have put US troops in harm\u2019s way;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">could have put US troops in harm\u2019s way<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"http:\/\/salon.com\/topic\/signalgate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The scandal;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The scandal<\/a> around accidentally including an editor at the Atlantic in sensitive discussions of upcoming strikes in Yemen was an early black mark against Hegseth and the Trump administration generally. While the controversy was unfolding, however, Vice President <a href=\"http:\/\/salon.com\/topic\/jd-vance\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:JD Vance;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">JD Vance<\/a> returned to the discussion to crack jokes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Following The Atlantic breaking the news of the Hegseth DOD\u2019s troubling security lapse, Vance returned to the chat to joke about the furor surrounding Signalgate.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThis chat\u2019s kind of dead. Anything going on?\u201d Vance wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Start your day with essential news from Salon.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/newsletter?utm_source=onsite&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=crash-course-edit-signup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sign up for our free morning newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sign up for our free morning newsletter<\/a>, Crash Course.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The inspector general\u2019s report made it clear that Hegseth\u2019s lax security could have had disastrous consequences. Still, Pentagon officials celebrated the report\u2019s release as a win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe Inspector General review is a TOTAL exoneration of Secretary Hegseth and proves what we knew all along \u2014 no classified information was shared. This matter is resolved, and the case is closed,\u201d Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell shared in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2025\/12\/04\/anything-going-on-vance-returned-to-hegseths-signal-group-chat-to-joke-about-scandal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u201cAnything going on?\u201d: Vance returned to Hegseth\u2019s Signal group chat to joke about scandal;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">\u201cAnything going on?\u201d: Vance returned to Hegseth\u2019s Signal group chat to joke about scandal<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Salon.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Salon.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Department of Defense\u2018s inspector general released a damning report on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth\u2018s use of app-based&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,10830,88,168034,6009,1572,165670],"class_list":["post-331786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-department-of-defense","tag-entertainment","tag-group-chats","tag-jd-vance","tag-pete-hegseth","tag-secretary-hegseth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}