Exclusive: Alleged Pentagon "Leaker" Colin Carroll Speaks Out About Life Inside DOD, Hegseth's Leadership, and to Dispute Allegations | Ep. 1058

The Megyn Kelly Show

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🗓️ 26 April 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Megyn Kelly is joined by Colin Carroll, the former chief of staff to the Deputy Defense Secretary before he was fired last week over alleged leaks, to talk about what brought him to work in the Pentagon, how the firing went down, his side of the story about the leak investigations and leak timeline, his involvement with key players like Dan Caldwell and Joe Kasper, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's leadership, what's happened since "Signalgate," the culture inside the DOD right now, the role the corporate media has played in the development of the story, and more. Birch Gold: Text MK to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold Cozy Earth: Visit https://www.CozyEarth.com/MEGYN & Use code MEGYN for up to 40% off

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, live on Sirius XM Channel 111 every weekday at New East.
0:11.8	Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly. Welcome to the Megan Kelly show. As we've been telling you,
0:16.2	controversy has been swirling around the Pentagon all week. You've heard that everywhere,
0:20.6	with reports of,
0:21.4	quote, total chaos in the building. NPR reporting the White House is looking for a new defense
0:26.6	secretary, which Team Trump says is fake news. But three of Defense Secretary Pete Higset's top
0:33.0	aides, Dan Caldwell, Colin Carroll, and Darren Selnick did lose their jobs last week, reportedly as the
0:41.3	result of a leak investigation. They were looking into who's been leaking to the media.
0:46.4	These three got offered up as the sacrificial lambs. Now, they deny that they leaked,
0:52.7	and they say that they still support Pete Hegeseth.
0:55.8	You heard from Dan Caldwell on the Tucker Carlson podcast on Monday, and today, one of the
1:01.9	remaining two who was fired, Colin Carroll, is here with me.
1:06.3	He served as chief of staff to deputy defense secretary, Stephen Feinberg, at least until last
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