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.

Two aides to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were escorted from the Pentagon on Tuesday, and the chief of staff to the deputy defense secretary was removed on Wednesday.

"Unnamed Pentagon officials have slandered our character with baseless attacks on our way out the door." Caldwell and the others added: "We still have not been told what exactly we were investigated for,

The trio say they are ‘incredibly disappointed by the manner in which our service at the Department of Defense ended’