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From Fox News: The Defense Department’s (DOD) deputy chief of staff was placed on administrative leave on Tuesday, following the steps of another Pentagon official earlier in the day.
Darin Selnick, the deputy chief of staff for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has been removed, a senior U.S. official confirmed to Fox News.
Selnick is under investigation for the same leak probe that saw Hegseth aide Dan Caldwell escorted out of the Pentagon by security. Both Selnick and Caldwell are on administrative leave.
According to the Pentagon’s website, Selnick is a retired Air Force officer who has worked extensively in veterans’ affairs organizations.
Prominent X user OSINTdefender announced:
Politico is now reporting that in addition to Dan Caldwell, a top adviser to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth; the Pentagon’s Deputy Chief of Staff, Darin Selnick, was also escorted out of the building by security and placed on administrative leave earlier Tuesday, as part of the same ongoing investigation into “unauthorized disclosures/leaks” from the Department of Defense.
Selnick served in the White House and the Department of Veterans Affairs during President Trump’s first presidential term, and earlier this year performed the duties of Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.
Politico is now reporting that in addition to Dan Caldwell, a top adviser to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth; the Pentagon’s Deputy Chief of Staff, Darin Selnick, was also escorted out of the building by security and placed on administrative leave earlier Tuesday, as part of… pic.twitter.com/wpjuCN0rgk
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) April 16, 2025
A senior US official confirms to @FoxNews that Darin Selnick, the deputy chief of staff for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been removed and is under investigation for the same leak investigation that saw Hegseth aide Dan Caldwell escorted out of the Pentagon by security… https://t.co/vaDwnknazf
— Jennifer Griffin (@JenGriffinFNC) April 16, 2025
BREAKING: Pentagon deputy chief of staff is second Hegseth advisor removed amid DOD leak probe https://t.co/uI2FzuYFFI
— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 16, 2025
BREAKING: Top Hegseth adviser escorted from building, put on leave in Pentagon leak probe
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