Agencies WASHINGTON

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth brought his wife to two meetings with foreign military officials where sensitive information was discussed, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing multiple sources. Hegseth is already in the  limelight for sharing details of a military strike on Yemen’s Houthi rebels in an encrypted group chat with other  top security officials on Signal app  in which the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic was added by mistake.

His wife, Jennifer Rauchet Hegseth, is a former Fox News producer. Pete married Jennifer in 2019 at the Trump National Golf Club in Colts Neck, New Jersey. According to reports, she attended a high-level meeting at the Pentagon on  March 6 with the UK Secretary of Defence, John Healey.This meeting took place just one day after the US announced it had stopped sharing military intelligence with Ukraine. 

The meeting, which included Admiral Tony Radakin, head of the UK’s armed forces, focused on the US decision and its future implications. NBC learnt that she lacked a security clearance before attending the meeting. Her presence at these meetings has raised concerns about the handling of sensitive information within the Trump administration.