Hegseth broke rules, DODIG concludes, even though he said Yemen strike details were ‘safe to declassify’

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the inspector general investigators looking into his alleged use of Signal to share classified strike plans that he determined the details he shared either weren’t classified to begin with or were “safe to declassify,” according to a written statement included in a report released Thursday by the Defense Department’s independent oversight office.Though Hegseth had the authority to make that decision, the IG found he was still in violati