Dan Caldwell, a senior adviser to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has been placed on administrative leave for an “unauthorized disclosure” as part of an ongoing internal investigation into leaks at the Pentagon,

One of U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's leading advisers, Dan Caldwell, was escorted from the Pentagon on Tuesday after being identified during an investigation into leaks at the Department of Defense,

Officials said Caldwell’s sudden downfall is tied to an ongoing investigation into unauthorized disclosure of department information.