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Fred Onyango

‘Of course he did’: Shock in the White House as Pete Hegseth’s aides outed for using illegal wiretaps

What started out as an investigation into one of the many Pentagon leaks that have occurred under Pete Hegseth led to a far more troubling discovery — an illegal wiretap.

While probing a leak about military options for reclaiming the Panama Canal, the White House stumbled upon something even more pressing than they had bargained for. The leak was initially pinned on Dan Caldwell. According to The Guardian, Caldwell was fired over the breach and escorted out of the Pentagon along with two others of Hegseth’s aides.

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