Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth created another Signal messaging chat that included his wife and brother where he shared similar details of a March military airstrike against Yemen맥스카지노�s Houthi militants that were sent in another chain with top Trump administration leaders, The New York Times reported.A person familiar with the contents and those who received the messages, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters, confirmed the second chat to The Associated Press.The second chat on Signal 맥스카지노� which is a commercially available app not authorized to be used to communicate sensitive or classified national defense information 맥스카지노� included 13 people, the person said. They also confirmed the chat was dubbed 맥스카지노�Defense ' Team Huddle.맥스카지노�The New York Times reported that the group included Hegseth's wife, Jennifer, who is a former Fox News producer, and his brother Phil Hegseth, who was hired at the Pentagon as a Department of Homeland Security liaison and senior adviser. Both have traveled with the defense secretary and attended high-level meetings.The White House late Sunday dismissed the report as a 맥스카지노�non-story," suggesting that disgruntled former Pentagon employees were spreading false claims.맥스카지노�No matter how many times the legacy media tries to resurrect the same non-story, they can맥스카지노�t change the fact that no classified information was shared,맥스카지노� said Anna Kelly, White House deputy press secretary. 맥스카지노�Recently-fired 맥스카지노�leakers맥스카지노� are continuing to misrepresent the truth to soothe their shattered egos and undermine the President맥스카지노�s agenda, but the administration will continue to hold them accountable.맥스카지노�The revelation of the additional chat group brought fresh criticism against Hegseth and President Donald Trump's wider administration after it has failed to take action so far against the top national security officials who discussed plans for the military strike in Signal. The first chat, set up by national security adviser Mike Waltz, included a number of Cabinet members and came to light because Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, was added to the group.The contents of that chat, which The Atlantic published, shows that Hegseth listed weapons systems and a timeline for the attack on Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen last month.The National Security Council and a Pentagon spokesperson did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment about the additional chat group.Hegseth has previously contended that no classified information or war plans were shared in the chat with the journalist.The Times reported Sunday that the second chat had the same warplane launch times that the first chat included. Multiple former and current officials have said sharing those operational details before a strike would have certainly been classified and their release could have put pilots in danger.Hegseth맥스카지노�s use of Signal and the sharing of such plans are under investigation by the Defense Department's acting inspector general. It came at the request of the leadership of the Senate Armed Services Committee 맥스카지노� Republican Chairman Roger Wicker of Mississippi and ranking Democratic member Jack Reed of Rhode Island.Reed urged the IG late Sunday to probe the reported second Signal chat as well, saying that Hegseth 맥스카지노�must immediately explain why he reportedly texted classified information that could endanger American servicemembers맥스카지노� lives.""I have grave concerns about Secretary Hegseth맥스카지노�s ability to maintain the trust and confidence of U.S. servicemembers and the Commander-in-Chief," he added.The new revelations come amid further turmoil at the Pentagon. Four officials in Hegseth맥스카지노�s inner circle departed last week as the Pentagon conducts a widespread investigation for information leaks.Dan Caldwell, a Hegseth aide; Colin Carroll, chief of staff to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg; and Darin Selnick, Hegseth맥스카지노�s deputy chief of staff, were escorted out of the Pentagon.While the three initially had been placed on leave pending the investigation, a joint statement shared by Caldwell on X on Saturday said the three 맥스카지노�still have not been told what exactly we were investigated for, if there is still an active investigation, or if there was even a real investigation of 맥스카지노�leaks맥스카지노� to begin with."Caldwell was the staff member designated as Hegseth맥스카지노�s point person in the Signal chat with Trump Cabinet members.Former Pentagon spokesman John Ullyot also announced he was resigning last week, unrelated to the leaks. The Pentagon said, however, that Ullyot was asked to resign.___AP writer Michelle L. Price in Washington contributed to this report.