As a Fox News on-air analyst, Hegseth made a lot of comments that year as Clinton's use of a private server became a Republican campaign issue, stirred up a public controversy and sparked an FBI investigation: “Any security professional,

While serving as secretary of state, Clinton sparked controversy by using a private email server for official communications.

On Monday, Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, published a story detailing how, earlier this month, national security adviser Michael Waltz inadvertently added him to a 18-person group text message with other Trump administration officials, where they discussed war strikes in Yemen and other national security matters.