CNN's Kaitlan Collins Calls BS on Trump Pentagon Chief Hegseth's Total Exoneration' Claim

"KAITLAN COLLINS: We start tonight with breaking news here, in Washington, as multiple sources are telling CNN that a highly-anticipated report from the Pentagon's watchdog finds the Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, could have put U.S. troops in danger by using an app to share highly sensitive military attack plans. A classified report on what has been informally dubbed Signalgate is now in the hands of Congress tonight. The unclassified version of that report is expected to be publicly released tomorrow."

"And it comes as the already-embattled Secretary finds himself embroiled in another widening investigation tonight. That one is into the U.S. airstrike in the Caribbean that killed survivors who did not die in the initial strike on an alleged drug boat, but instead, as the result of a second one on the wrecked ship that they were clinging to. Members of both parties, here in D.C. tonight, have said that that strike could constitute a war crime. It's a serious allegation."

A Pentagon Inspector General report found Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of the Signal messaging app in a group chat that included journalist Jeffrey Goldberg could have endangered U.S. forces by sharing highly sensitive military attack plans. The classified report is now with Congress; an unclassified version is expected to be released tomorrow. Hegseth and the Trump administration characterize the findings as a total exoneration despite the IG's conclusion about potential danger and absent evidence of formal declassification. Separately, Hegseth faces scrutiny over a Caribbean airstrike in which survivors were killed by a second strike, prompting bipartisan statements that the action could amount to a war crime.

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