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,

Defense officials say Dan Caldwell, a senior adviser to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has been placed on administrative leave and was escorted out of the Pentagon by security.

A top advisor to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Dan Caldwell, was escorted out of the Pentagon on Tuesday and placed on administrative leave, reportedly over a probe into leaks.