News over the weekend that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s wife Jennifer was included in a second group chat where he shared sensitive military operations details has focused attention on the prominent role she has occupied at the Pentagon without being formally employed during her husband’s short tenure running the US military.

Kilmeade pointed out Tuesday that many of the employees let go from the Pentagon were people that Hegseth brought on as close allies and were shown the door without even being asked to show the contents of their phones, something you’d expect in any leak investigation.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt accused "the entire Pentagon" of working against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Monday morning on "FOX & Friends." KAROLINE LEAVITT: The president stands strongly behind Secretary Pete Hegseth,

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s top aides were reportedly fighting a vicious “turf war” in the lead-up to three of them being fired last week accused of leaking information to the press. Hegseth had become increasingly isolated and paranoid over the past month as news of the Pentagon’s controversial plans leaked,

The defense secretary’s inner circle is in disarray, and distrust is growing among civil servants and senior military officials.

Pete Hegseth wanted to make waves at the Pentagon. But less than 90 days since being sworn in as U.S. defense secretary, he appears put off balance by the very turbulence he himself created.