Hegseth brought his wife at high security meetings
One of the meetings where the Defense Minister’s wife Jennifer Hegseth has participated in Britain’s Defense Minister John Healey and several other British military tops earlier in March, according to the newspaper’s sources.
During the meeting, discussions were held, among other things, about the US decision to stop sharing military intelligence information with Ukraine – a decision made one day before the meeting, according to the sources.
The second occasion then The wife attended was at a regular night meeting in Brussels for a couple of weeks before.
Representatives from some 50 countries must have participated and discussed military support and deliveries to Ukraine. According to two meeting participants, secret information is usually discussed at this kind of meetings.
Several participants at both meetings should not have been aware of who Jennifer Hegseth was, while others were surprised by her presence.
American ministers may invite who they want to meetings in closed rooms with other countries’ representatives – but all participants must have a special permit to access classified information at a high level. In general, you are not expected to bring any person who does not have to be there, writes the Wall Street Journal.
It happens to Spouses for ministers are allowed to access sensitive information. Both Pentagon and Jennifer Hegseth have declined to comment when the newspaper asked if she received any such approval.
Jennifer Hegseth has no role at the US Department of Defense. She previously worked as a producer on the TV channel Fox News, where Pete Hegseth was also a program manager.
Earlier this week became It is known that Defense Minister Hegseth discussed plans for US attacks in Yemen In a group chat with other ministers on the Signal app. By mistake, the Atlantic journalist Jeffrey Goldberg also had Later, the scandal chat revealedinvited by national security adviser Mike Waltz.
Hegseth and the other ministers have received harsh criticism for discussing so sensitive information on a communication app in their mobile phones.
