2 Key Pentagon Officials Have Been Suspended Following Leaks Investigation: Reports

Two Pentagon officials were escorted out of the Department of Defense and placed on administrative leave on Tuesday amid a probe into unauthorized disclosures, according to multiple news reports.

Dan Caldwell, a top aide to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth who was named in the infamous Signal group chat, was implicated in a departmental investigation into leaks, according to Reuters, which was first to report his suspension.

Caldwell, a veteran of the Marine Corps and the Iraq War, was blamed for giving reporters classified information, an official told CBS News.