in any normal world, DOD IG would have a field day with this
A pair of Apaches flew low over Nashville’s No Kings protest today, which created quite a bit of buzz. Now, Kid Rock has posted video of two Apaches paying a visit to his home just north of downtown Nashville. What the heck???
March 29, 2026 at 1:42 AM
in any normal world, DOD IG would have a field day with this
BREAKING: We just filed a complaint asking the Pentagon IG to investigate whether the flyover of Kid Rock's house violated any federal or DOD rules, how much taxpayer money was spent and Pete Hegseth’s decision to reverse Army personnel’s suspension.
CREW files IG complaint on military flyover of Kid Rock’s home - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
DOD IG should investigate DOD officials for using a military helicopter to fly over a local “No Kings” protest and the home of Kid Rock.
www.citizensforethics.org
April 1, 2026 at 5:50 PM
BREAKING: We just filed a complaint asking the Pentagon IG to investigate whether the flyover of Kid Rock's house violated any federal or DOD rules, how much taxpayer money was spent and Pete Hegseth’s decision to reverse Army personnel’s suspension.
Breaking per CNN: DOD IG finds Hegseth’s Signal chats endangered US troops. Full video on Substack: substack.com/@thefrankfig...
December 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Breaking per CNN: DOD IG finds Hegseth’s Signal chats endangered US troops. Full video on Substack: substack.com/@thefrankfig...
If this third party app archives all the Signal chat messages, I hope the DoD IG is looking at it.
May 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
If this third party app archives all the Signal chat messages, I hope the DoD IG is looking at it.
Breaking: DOD IG finds Hegseth’s Signal chats endangered troops. Join me LIVE at 2p ET on Substack: substack.com/@thefrankfig... open.substack.com/pub/thefrank...
New: Hegseth’s Signal chats endangered troops: Join me LIVE at 2p ET
Breaking: Per CNN, DOD IG finds Hegseth endangered troops in Signal chats:
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Breaking: DOD IG finds Hegseth’s Signal chats endangered troops. Join me LIVE at 2p ET on Substack: substack.com/@thefrankfig... open.substack.com/pub/thefrank...
Not great- house subcommittee now says it “uncovered evidence the DOD intentionally delayed deployment of the D.C. national guard to the capitol on 1/6” and “DOD IG failed to disclose evidence that contradicted their erroneous conclusion” about the delay. cha.house.gov/2024/11/dod-...
November 22, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Not great- house subcommittee now says it “uncovered evidence the DOD intentionally delayed deployment of the D.C. national guard to the capitol on 1/6” and “DOD IG failed to disclose evidence that contradicted their erroneous conclusion” about the delay. cha.house.gov/2024/11/dod-...
i think that it's literally Musk's brain being rotted by the constant conversations he was having with Putin which he failed to report to DOD. (which SpaceX staff blew the whistle to DOD IG about.)
related sidenote, the USAID thing really feels like it came out of nowhere to me. has USAID been a meme among the chuds for a long time and i just never heard of it?
department of education makes sense, that's been a conservative bete noire for decades. USAID, though?
department of education makes sense, that's been a conservative bete noire for decades. USAID, though?
Via Robbie Gramer at Politico, in a legal filing a USAID employee details trying to leave Kinshasa, Congo with their family and leaving their possessions behidn amid panic created by Trump and Musk's sudden shutdown of the agency
February 13, 2025 at 3:20 AM
i think that it's literally Musk's brain being rotted by the constant conversations he was having with Putin which he failed to report to DOD. (which SpaceX staff blew the whistle to DOD IG about.)
Officials reported the Secretary used additional Signal chats for DoD business. IG couldn’t verify content because he refused to provide phone access.
December 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Officials reported the Secretary used additional Signal chats for DoD business. IG couldn’t verify content because he refused to provide phone access.
This includes the new DOD IG and DOL IG.
October 21, 2025 at 11:41 PM
This includes the new DOD IG and DOL IG.
Hegseth is falsely saying the IG report is a “total exoneration.”
It ACTUALLY says his Signal use “exposed sensitive DoD information" risking "potential compromise of sensitive DoD information, which could cause harm to DoD personnel and mission objectives." 1/
It ACTUALLY says his Signal use “exposed sensitive DoD information" risking "potential compromise of sensitive DoD information, which could cause harm to DoD personnel and mission objectives." 1/
December 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Hegseth is falsely saying the IG report is a “total exoneration.”
It ACTUALLY says his Signal use “exposed sensitive DoD information" risking "potential compromise of sensitive DoD information, which could cause harm to DoD personnel and mission objectives." 1/
It ACTUALLY says his Signal use “exposed sensitive DoD information" risking "potential compromise of sensitive DoD information, which could cause harm to DoD personnel and mission objectives." 1/
i am once again saying that the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and the DoD IG simply need to their jobs
July 29, 2024 at 5:12 PM
i am once again saying that the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and the DoD IG simply need to their jobs
acting DoD IG doesn’t seem particularly Trumpy at first glance, think this might be a real investigation
April 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
acting DoD IG doesn’t seem particularly Trumpy at first glance, think this might be a real investigation
DoD IG confirms the Secretary copied operational details from a SECRET//NOFORN CENTCOM brief into a 19-person Signal chat that included a journalist. This occurred 2–4 hours before U.S. strikes in Yemen.
December 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
DoD IG confirms the Secretary copied operational details from a SECRET//NOFORN CENTCOM brief into a 19-person Signal chat that included a journalist. This occurred 2–4 hours before U.S. strikes in Yemen.
DOD IG: We're not going to refer Whiskey Pete for his FRA violations because in the DOD led by him misuse of Signal is rampant.
December 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
DOD IG: We're not going to refer Whiskey Pete for his FRA violations because in the DOD led by him misuse of Signal is rampant.
Secretary claimed OCA authority allowed him to deem the info unclassified. IG acknowledges he can declassify, but notes he provided no formal action and the details remained nonpublic DoD information.
December 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Secretary claimed OCA authority allowed him to deem the info unclassified. IG acknowledges he can declassify, but notes he provided no formal action and the details remained nonpublic DoD information.
JUST IN: Sen. Roger Wicker, the Republican Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Sen. Jack Reed, the Democratic Ranking Member, have sent a letter to the Acting IG of the DOD requesting an expedited investigation into Signalgate.
March 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
JUST IN: Sen. Roger Wicker, the Republican Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Sen. Jack Reed, the Democratic Ranking Member, have sent a letter to the Acting IG of the DOD requesting an expedited investigation into Signalgate.
DOD IG report on Signalgate, which notes that investigators had to rely in part on the transcript that we posted, because messages on Hegseth's cell phone had auto-deleted. media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
media.defense.gov
December 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
DOD IG report on Signalgate, which notes that investigators had to rely in part on the transcript that we posted, because messages on Hegseth's cell phone had auto-deleted. media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
I'm guessing the DoD IG office will get a visit from Doge tomorrow.
The new IG will be a 19 yo incel with a peaky blinders haircut
The new IG will be a 19 yo incel with a peaky blinders haircut
April 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I'm guessing the DoD IG office will get a visit from Doge tomorrow.
The new IG will be a 19 yo incel with a peaky blinders haircut
The new IG will be a 19 yo incel with a peaky blinders haircut
Planes from Qatar and the buddy trip with Billionaires and human rights abuses…lots to talk about tonight at 9pm. @schiff.senate.gov just announced he is requesting the IG at DOD look into it. We will talk about that and much more.
May 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Planes from Qatar and the buddy trip with Billionaires and human rights abuses…lots to talk about tonight at 9pm. @schiff.senate.gov just announced he is requesting the IG at DOD look into it. We will talk about that and much more.
So the DOD IG concluded that Hegseth:
✅ endangered our service members;
✅ knowingly shared info that had been classified on Signal;
✅ obstructed the investigation;
✅ violated multiple DOD regulations; and
✅ basically did what Hillary did but A LOT worse.
Total exoneration!
✅ endangered our service members;
✅ knowingly shared info that had been classified on Signal;
✅ obstructed the investigation;
✅ violated multiple DOD regulations; and
✅ basically did what Hillary did but A LOT worse.
Total exoneration!
December 4, 2025 at 11:42 PM
So the DOD IG concluded that Hegseth:
✅ endangered our service members;
✅ knowingly shared info that had been classified on Signal;
✅ obstructed the investigation;
✅ violated multiple DOD regulations; and
✅ basically did what Hillary did but A LOT worse.
Total exoneration!
✅ endangered our service members;
✅ knowingly shared info that had been classified on Signal;
✅ obstructed the investigation;
✅ violated multiple DOD regulations; and
✅ basically did what Hillary did but A LOT worse.
Total exoneration!
i assume hegseth won’t switch to an encrypted DOD phone because he doesn’t want an IG to disclose the number of onlyfans subscriptions he pays for to his wife
April 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
i assume hegseth won’t switch to an encrypted DOD phone because he doesn’t want an IG to disclose the number of onlyfans subscriptions he pays for to his wife
One detail unpacked by coverage of Whiskey Pete's SECOND Signal chat:
Tim Parlatore, who ordinarily would have privilege but as a DOD employee likely loses it, is witness to Hegseth sharing NDI with his spouse.
So long as he works at DOD, IG can subpoena him.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/21/s...
Tim Parlatore, who ordinarily would have privilege but as a DOD employee likely loses it, is witness to Hegseth sharing NDI with his spouse.
So long as he works at DOD, IG can subpoena him.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/21/s...
Self-Reportation: Pete Hegseth's Witch Hunt Ensnared Himself - emptywheel
By launching an witch hunt searching for leakers and firing three top aides last week, Pete Hegseth gave at least two witnesses to him sharing National Defense Information with his wife incentive to v...
www.emptywheel.net
April 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
One detail unpacked by coverage of Whiskey Pete's SECOND Signal chat:
Tim Parlatore, who ordinarily would have privilege but as a DOD employee likely loses it, is witness to Hegseth sharing NDI with his spouse.
So long as he works at DOD, IG can subpoena him.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/21/s...
Tim Parlatore, who ordinarily would have privilege but as a DOD employee likely loses it, is witness to Hegseth sharing NDI with his spouse.
So long as he works at DOD, IG can subpoena him.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/21/s...
And that was the last anyone ever heard of acting DoD IG Steven A Stebbins
DoD's office of the inspector general announces that it is opening a review of SecDef Hegseth's use of Signal to discuss military strikes against the Houthis media.defense.gov/2025/Apr/03/...
media.defense.gov
April 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
And that was the last anyone ever heard of acting DoD IG Steven A Stebbins
GOP and Dem leaders of Senate Armed Services ask DOD Inspector General to investigate Signal episode. One of the first times a GOP lawmaker has asked for any kind of an investigation into anything in Trump era. Trump fired the former DOD IG. So will it happen?
March 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
GOP and Dem leaders of Senate Armed Services ask DOD Inspector General to investigate Signal episode. One of the first times a GOP lawmaker has asked for any kind of an investigation into anything in Trump era. Trump fired the former DOD IG. So will it happen?
Following outreach by GOP Chair & Dem Ranking Member on Senate Armed Services, DoD acting IG looking into Secretary Hegseth's reported use of Signal.
h/t @reporterjacobg.bsky.social
h/t @reporterjacobg.bsky.social
Senate Armed Services Chair Wicker and Ranking Member Reed have sent a letter to the acting IG @ Defense requesting more info about the Signal group chat with admin. officials ⬇️
April 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Following outreach by GOP Chair & Dem Ranking Member on Senate Armed Services, DoD acting IG looking into Secretary Hegseth's reported use of Signal.
h/t @reporterjacobg.bsky.social
h/t @reporterjacobg.bsky.social