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December 2, 2024
New Details Reported on Pete Hegseth's Sexual Assault History, Ethics Violations
The New Yorker magazine's Jane Mayer has revealed Trump's pick for
defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, was forced out of leadership roles at
two veterans organizations for misusing funds, sexually harassing women
and being repeatedly drunk on the job. According to a whistleblower
report, Hegseth once had to be restrained from joining dancers on the
stage of a strip club. In another incident, Hegseth drunkenly chanted
"Kill All Muslims! Kill All Muslims!" at a bar in 2015.
Meanwhile, The New York Times reports Hegseth's own mother once accused
him of mistreating women. In 2018, Penelope Hegseth wrote him an email
that read in part, "On behalf of all the women (and I know it's many)
you have abused in some way, I say … get some help and take an honest
look at yourself." The email was sent a year after a woman accused
Hegseth of raping her at a California hotel.
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