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.

Dan Caldwell, a senior adviser to US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, was escorted out of the Pentagon on Tuesday as part of a probe into leaks at the Defense Department

Three Pentagon officials were fired on Friday amid a probe into leaks while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s chief of staff will leave his position for a new role at the department, Politico reported.