According to Politico on Friday, citing three people familiar with the matter, Deputy Chief of Staff Darin Selnick, Hegseth's top adviser Dan Caldwell and Colin Carroll, chief of staff to the deputy defense secretary, were all fired after being placed on leave.

The Pentagon did not disclose specifics for the suspensions of Dan Caldwell and Darin Selnick because the matter is under investigation.

A second top official has been ousted from Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon following a probe into potential leaks. The Pentagon’s deputy chief of staff, Darin Selnick, was suspended from his post and escorted out of the building,