"You see, Whiskey Pete turned over the Signal chat that was left on his phone after all the autodeleting these scofflaws had been doing. Most of the thread was gone. But there was a single text that post-dated Jeffrey Goldberg's departure from the list, something the Deputy General Counsel used to suggest the Atlantic thread might not be reliable (a claim DOD IG refused to put in the body of the report because, some people still refuse bullshit)."
"After Jeff Goldberg left the group, JD Vance said, "This chat's kind of dead. Anything going on?" One after another participant on the thread changed their ID, perhaps in hopes ... I don't know what they fuck they were thinking."
"DOD IG has released the unclassified version of the report confirming what was clear months ago: Whiskey Pete Hegseth has no business leading DOD."
The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General documented significant noncooperation by Harold "Whiskey Pete" Hegseth during an inquiry. He refused to be interviewed, declined DOD access to his phone, and withheld other message threads. A partial Signal chat remained on his device after participants used autodelete features. Most of the thread was missing, but a single post-dating Jeffrey Goldberg's departure showed JD Vance asking, "This chat's kind of dead. Anything going on?" Several participants then changed their display names. The limited preserved evidence and altered IDs undermined the thread's completeness and the participants' credibility.
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