Hegseth responded to the Democrats’ video by publishing a tweet last week that said Kelly, a retired Navy fighter pilot, was facing investigation because he is the only one in that group who formally retired from the military and remains under the Pentagon’s jurisdiction.

Hegseth has faced major backlash after news reports found that the U.S. authorized a second strike in the Caribbean that killed two men in the water who survived the initial attack on an alleged drug boat. While Hegseth initially said the Washington Post report was “fake news,” the White House confirmed on Monday that the second strike happened.

Lawmakers in both the House and the Senate have started inquiries into the "double tap" strikes, which critics have said could constitute a war crime.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth detailed new military physical standards requiring all members to meet the highest male standard for their positions in an interview with Katie Miller.

The inspector general report was highly critical of Hegseth, saying that the secretary’s use of Signal put U.S. troops and the mission in danger.

Jimmy Kimmel ripped into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for allegedly committing a war crime against a vessel in the Caribbean. Hegseth had ordered troops to “kill everybody” aboard a suspected drug trafficking boat near Trinidad, including two survivors simply clinging to the wreckage, The Washington Post reported Sunday.

Rep. Jason Crow (D, Colo.), another of the group of Democrats, reposted a clip of the Defense Secretary’s remarks on X, asking in his caption the same question as Kelly did: “What changed, Pete? Our Secretary of Defense is an unqualified and unserious person.”

Stephen Miller poked back at Pete Hegseth on Wednesday after the defense secretary said he wouldn’t trust Miller to babysit his kids. In an exchange shared by the White House’s rapid response team, Fox News host Jesse Watters reminded Miller of Hegseth’s lack of confidence in him as a caregiver.