Tara Copp

@WashingtonPost Pentagon correspondent. Signal: taracopp.06. Email: [email protected]

[Tara Copp @TaraCopp]

@BREAKINGNEWTZ @ToddBreasseale I broke that story, here: https://t.co/Orrl2pQ5oE

[Tara Copp @TaraCopp]

A security agent for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just warned the reporters here — for Hegseth’s first press conference in 6 months — that we will be physically removed from the briefing room if we are not professional and maintain decorum. We asked if that meant no shouted questions and got no clarity. It’s the first time any of us could ever remember being threatened like this. Shouted questions are normal. “This is crazy town” one journalist said, noting the White House has never threatened reporters like that. We’re in the room, back row:

[Tara Copp @TaraCopp]

"Hegseth seemed acutely aware of the job audition he was undertaking and sought to reframe the allegations he faces, saying they were 'not about me' but an attack on others: the president above him and the rank-and-file troops below." https://t.co/ncH9J0ihUz

[Tara Copp @TaraCopp]

@10thmtn_vet Shouted questions are normal and a sign of a free press

[Tara Copp @TaraCopp]

We did; I shouted at least 4 questions that Hegseth did not answer, on whether he takes responsibility for the war; on war crimes; others shouted if he’d become a distraction for Trump. Hegseth only took Qs from
Conservative media or new media outlets they brought in after kicking out the Pentagon press corps last year. Almost everyone who got questions, save for our colleague Mike Glenn, had agreed to the strict rules that the Pentagon Press Corps refused to sign last year.

[Bo Berry @BoBerryBisc]

@TaraCopp @MeidasTouch A good journalist would test them on this

[Tara Copp @TaraCopp]

@ToddBreasseale Yes.

[Tara Copp @TaraCopp]

Hegseth’s team gives talking points to allies before expected impeachment vote https://t.co/5nFqWkiWm3

[Tara Copp @TaraCopp]

If this press briefing occurs, it will be the first time Hegseth has held a press conference from the Pentagon since May.

[Mary Margaret Olohan @MaryMargOlohan]

NEWS: Pete Hegseth tells reporters he will hold a press conference at the Pentagon tomorrow morning.

[Mary Margaret Olohan @MaryMargOlohan]

NEWS: Pete Hegseth tells reporters he will hold a press conference at the Pentagon tomorrow morning.

[Tara Copp @TaraCopp]

(GIFT LINK) Right-wing activist Laura Loomer has been paid by private clients to make political posts on social media without publicly disclosing the payments, according to a former campaign aide to President Donald Trump and three others. Incredible work @ScottNover and @drewharwell https://t.co/tsm12d7uG7

[Natasha Bertrand @NatashaBertrand]

The WH waged a dayslong campaign to discredit CNN reporting last year that Midnight Hammer hadn’t obliterated Iran’s nuclear program and only temporarily set it back (https://t.co/YLPi95YQiw)
16 months later:

[Tara Copp @TaraCopp]

(Gift link) Hegseth's use of DOD staff, resources to attack Democrats and promote himself in video -- as he fights to keep his job -- probably violated federal law, watchdogs said https://t.co/B75bVvvpLw

[Tara Copp @TaraCopp]

Hegseth not under consideration by Trump for Tennessee Senate seat — @natalie_allison reports https://t.co/GgQqgQJkIe

[Tara Copp @TaraCopp]

(Gift link) ‘Knives out’ at Pentagon after unpopular Iran war dooms GOP in midterms https://t.co/6GXRubAMkZ

[Tara Copp @TaraCopp]

EXCLUSIVE: Hegseth’s staff tried to block troops’ participation in Paris NFL game (Gift Link!) w/ @noahjrobertson @John_Hudson @michaelbirnbaum and @DanLamothe
https://t.co/6DCpmJ0sib

[Tara Copp @TaraCopp]

Gift link: Hegseth wanted Eisenhower’s globe for his office. His staff broke it by @AlexHortonTX and @DanLamothe https://t.co/Lzl5kg2cII

[Tara Copp @TaraCopp]

Ukrainian source tells me they are currently under another missile attack, a second wave of strikes has begun and their energy infrastructure is being targeted again.

[Tara Copp @TaraCopp]

New from @ddiamond: President Trump has replaced career officials on a federal review panel overseeing his arch with Hegseth aides Ricky Buria and Patrick Weaver ahead of a vote to approve construction. https://t.co/nbizXfYXFR

[Tara Copp @TaraCopp]

Gift link: With no food deliveries since May, starving residents flee Russian-occupied territory https://t.co/FpM1aYJm9w

[Tara Copp @TaraCopp]

Gift Link: Secret documents reveal donors behind $330 million for Trump’s ballroom -- fantastic data and graphics reporting by our Washington Post colleagues https://t.co/DKYw7xDglE