Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has slammed a report alleging he ordered U.S. service members to launch a second strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel after an initial attack left two survivors, denying experts’ claims that he may be guilty of war crimes .

“As usual, the fake news is delivering more fabricated, inflammatory and derogatory reporting to discredit our incredible warriors fighting to protect the homeland,” Hegseth wrote on X Friday night.

He was likely referring to a bombshell report by The Washington Post about a Sept. 2 attack on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean Sea.

In a story published earlier on Friday, the Post reported the former Fox News host had issued a verbal directive to the special ops commander overseeing the strike to “kill everybo

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