Two of Donald Trump’s top allies attacked leakers behind the release of an intelligence report that undercut the president’s claims about the success of his U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday in the Netherlands, where Trump is attending a NATO summit, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio mounted an aggressive counteroffensive after a leaked preliminary Pentagon assessment said the bombings likely only set back Iran’s nuclear ambitions by a few months. Trump had claimed the strikes amounted to a “total obliteration.”
At the press conference, Hegseth said the information was likely leaked for political purposes and said the FBI is conducting an investigation into the matter.
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