Hegseth had second Signal chat where he shared details of Yemen strike, New York Times reports

DEFENCE Secretary Pete Hegseth created another Signal messaging chat that included his wife and brother where he shared similar details of a March military airstrike against Yemen's Houthi militants that were sent in another chain with top Trump administration leaders, The New York Times reported.

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A person familiar with the contents and those who received the messages, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters, confirmed the second chat to The Associated Press.

The second chat on Signal which is a commercially available app not authorized to be used to communicate sensitive or classified national defence information included 13 people, the person said. They also confirmed the chat was dubbed “Defence ' Team Huddle.”