Trump ordered leak investigations, threatened jail time over reporting on depleted US munitions stockpiles

On August 6, 2026, President Trump ordered new investigations into leaks of information about the Pentagon's depleted munitions stockpiles, an escalation of his effort to combat reporting on the military toll of the five-month Iran war, the Wall Street Journal reported. The order came after weeks of media coverage — including Reuters and CBS News reporting that the U.S. Army had used nearly all of its Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) and Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM), and other reports that the military had burned through roughly 80 percent of its THAAD interceptor inventory and about half its Patriot missiles — despite administration assurances that stockpiles remained adequate.

In a Truth Social post published early Thursday, Trump wrote that the "leakers" of what he called "treasonous statements" were "being hunted down" and that "long term jail sentences will be sought," while simultaneously insisting the reports were false and that the U.S. had "massive amounts" of munitions. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said anyone leaking classified military information "should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law." The Washington Examiner separately reported that Trump's frustration stemmed in part from a heated Camp David exchange, first reported by the Washington Post, in which he confronted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over shortages Trump believed had already been resolved; Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell and Leavitt both denied that exchange occurred.

No formal charges had been reported as of this writing as a result of the investigations Trump ordered.