Who is Jennifer Rauchet, spouse of Pete Hegseth stated to have been included on Signal chat about Yemen assault? | EUROtoday

Defense secretary Pete Hegseth’s “Signalgate” has reared its head once more after a brand new bombshell report that he shared particulars of a U.S. army strike on Yemen in a second group chat.

This time, Hegseth is in scorching water for reportedly including his spouse Jennifer Rauchet, brother Phil, and private legal professional Tim Parlatore, to a second Signal group the place particulars about upcoming army strikes aimed on the Houthis have been mentioned, in line with the New York Times.

Details, together with flight schedules for the warplanes concerned, have been shared by Hegseth within the group chat on March 15, the newspaper studies.

While a U.S. official instructed the Times that Hegseth didn’t share any categorized data within the second group chat, reportedly accessed by the protection secretary on his personal telephone, he’s already dealing with calls to resign from the Democrats.

The Independent has contacted the Pentagon for remark.

It will not be clear why Hegseth’s spouse, who has additionally accompanied him on conferences with overseas army officers, would want to find out about upcoming army strikes.

Couple met at Fox News and wed at Trump golf membership

Hegseth usually refers to Rauchet as his “rock” and the pair usually gush about each other on their social media accounts.

“I’ve missed him, but great to watch my husband visiting friends on the other side of the world,” Rauchet wrote about Hegseth in an Instagram publish three weeks in the past. “He loves this country and all the men and women who serve it everywhere.”

“Grateful to have my incredible wife @jennycdot by my side for our first international trip,” Hegseth wrote about his spouse forward of his first abroad journey since being sworn into workplace.

The couple met whereas they each labored at Fox News the place he was a co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend and he or she was working for the community as a producer.

They wed in 2019 at Trump National Golf Club in Colts Neck, New Jersey. Before their marriage ceremony, they have been each pictured on the membership carrying pink “Make Weddings Great Again” hats, resembling President Donald Trump’s signature MAGA baseball cap.

Rauchet is Hegseth’s third spouse and he has a 7-year-old daughter along with her. They each have three kids every from earlier relationships.

In a current appreciation publish, Hegseth additionally referred to Rauchet as his “valentine.”

Before Rauchet, Hegseth cut up from his first spouse, Meredith Schwarz, in 2009, and divorced his second spouse, Samantha Deering, in 2017.

Hegseth introduced her to conferences with overseas army officers

Rauchet just lately raised eyebrows after it emerged she accompanied Hegseth at two conferences with overseas army officers the place delicate data was mentioned, the Wall Street Journal reported.

She was stated to have been current at a March 6 assembly on the Pentagon with Britain’s Secretary of Defence John Healy and Admiral Tony Radakin, head of the U.Okay. armed forces.

The assembly got here at an particularly delicate second — the day after the U.S. stated it had minimize off army intelligence sharing with Ukraine — and discussions included the rationale for the choice and future army collaboration.

The protection secretary’s spouse was additionally at a gathering in February on the headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Brussels, the Journal studies, citing two individuals who attended.

It will not be identified if her presence had an influence on what was mentioned at both assembly.

Wife stood by him after sexual assault allegation

Rauchet stood by Hegseth forward of his turbulent Senate affirmation course of, the place he was grilled over allegations of a sexual assault courting again to 2017. He denies the allegation and insists the encounter was consensual.

A girl filed a police report alleging that Hegseth sexually assaulted her throughout a Republican ladies’s convention in Monterey, California in 2017, the place he was the keynote speaker. The girl stated she believed that she had presumably been drugged and raped.

Charges have been by no means filed within the case. Hegseth paid a nondisclosure settlement along with her.

“They won’t stop with Pete. It’s not him they’re after. It’s your values. We won’t back down,” Rauchet wrote in a social media publish in early December, when studies of Hegseth’s alleged previous have been dominating headlines.

“We have only just begun to fight,” Rauchet additionally wrote in a publish on the finish of November final 12 months after Trump named Hegseth as his alternative to guide the Pentagon.

Additional reporting by Oliver O’Connell