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Hegseth Attacks the Media Amid New Signal Controversy
During the Easter Egg Roll at the White House, Pete Hegseth called coverage of his sharing of sensitive military data via text with civilians a “smear.”
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“We’re happy to be here at the Easter Egg Bowl, I’ll tell you that — A few leakers get fired and suddenly a bunch of hit pieces come out. Hoaxsters. This group — no, no, no, — this group right here, full of hoaxsters that peddle anonymous sources from leakers with axes to grind, and then you put it all together as if it’s some news story. I’m going to go roll some Easter eggs with my kids.” “Are you bringing up Signal again? I thought they gave that up two weeks ago. Just the same old stuff from the media. That’s an old one. Try finding something new.”
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