This just in: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s Deputy Chief of Staff Darin Selnick has just been suspended. This marks the second removal of a top DOD staffer today as part of an investigation into an investigation into leaks at the department following the Signal chat scandal. The first was Secretary Hegseth’s senior adviser Dan Caldwell, who was put on administrative leave today as part of the same probe. JUST IN: Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Deputy Chief of Staff Darin Selnick has been REMOVED after an investigation into leakers This is the SECOND top Defense staffer removed today as part of a leaking scandal, after Dan Caldwell. Deep staters are being quickly weeded out! pic.twitter.com/79qoCD8Ved — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 16, 2025 DODTwo DownTraitor Darin Selnick joins Dan CaldwellSecretary Hegseth is draining the swamp. pic.twitter.com/oFqJxujQYh — ?? (@ChatByCC) April 16, 2025 This is huge. These are the faces of two snakes in the grass… If prosecuted, they could be looking at treason charges. BREAKING Darin Selnick Pete Hegseths Deputy Chief of Staff was just removed. It’s happening GOOD RIDDANCE. TIME TO PROSECUTE pic.twitter.com/4oqUFmFbwV — MAGA Voice (@MAGAVoice) April 16, 2025 Fox News reported: The Defense Department’s (DOD) deputy chief of staff was placed on administrative leave on Tuesday, following the steps of another Pentagon official earlier in the day. Darin Selnick, the deputy chief of staff for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has been removed, a senior U.S. official confirmed to Fox News. Selnick is under investigation for the same leak probe that saw Hegseth aide Dan Caldwell escorted out of the Pentagon by security. Both Selnick and Caldwell are on administrative leave. According to the Pentagon’s website, Selnick is a retired Air Force officer who has worked extensively in veterans’ affairs organizations. “Mr. Selnick leverages his extensive government and non-government experience advocating for veterans to position Service members for productive post-separation lives from the first day they put on a uniform,” the biography states. Both Selnick and Caldwell worked for Concerned Veterans for America in the past, a group formerly led by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. CBS News added: The Pentagon has put two Defense Department officials on administrative leave pending an investigation into an unauthorized disclosure, officials confirmed to CBS News. Dan Caldwell, a senior adviser to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, was escorted from the Pentagon on Tuesday, according to an official. Darin Selnick, the Pentagon’s deputy chief of staff, was also suspended as part of the same probe per two Defense Department officials Hegseth’s chief of staff Joe Kasper issued a memo at the end of March directing the Pentagon to conduct an investigation into unauthorized disclosures and use lie detector tests if necessary.