Tag Archives: Pete Hegseth

The Washington Post reports: Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, paid a woman who accused him of sexual assault as part of a nondisclosure agreement, though he maintained that their encounter was consensual. Hegseth’s attorney said that Hegseth was “visibly intoxicated” at the time of the incident, and maintained that police who were contacted a few …

Mother Jones reports: Pete Hegseth and the Trump camp have spent recent days push back against two simultaneous controversies: allegations that Hegseth has “extremist” tattoos, as some critics have charged, and that Hegseth was previously investigated by police in California over a sexual misconduct claim. On X, Hegseth has retweeted posts expressing support for him, including one that reads, “The …

Reuters reports: U.S. Muslim leaders who supported Republican Donald Trump to protest against the Biden administration’s support for Israel’s war on Gaza and attacks on Lebanon have been deeply disappointed by his cabinet picks, they tell Reuters. “Trump won because of us and we’re not happy with his secretary of state pick and others,” said Rabiul Chowdhury, a Philadelphia investor …

Angry White Men reports: Pete Hegseth, the co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend whom Donald Trump intends to nominate for Secretary of Defense, made several appearances on a YouTube show called Reformation Red Pill. The show’s host, Joshua Haymes, is a Christian nationalist who believes surrogacy should be banned, and abortion and gender-affirming care should be punishable by death. He …

The Associated Press reports: Pete Hegseth, the Army National Guard veteran and Fox News host nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Defense, was flagged as a possible “Insider Threat” by a fellow service member due to a tattoo on his bicep that’s associated with white supremacist groups. Hegseth, who has downplayed the role of military members and …

The Washington Post reports: Senior officials on President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team on Friday weighed the future of Pete Hegseth, Trump’s choice to lead the Defense Department, amid new revelations that police investigated an allegation that he sexually assaulted a woman in 2017. The internal turmoil over Hegseth’s future was sparked by a complaint shared with the transition team with …

CBS News reports: Pete Hegseth, the Army veteran turned Fox News host selected by President-elect Donald Trump to be defense secretary during his second term was investigated for an alleged sexual assault in 2017, Monterey, Calif. officials confirmed. The incident allegedly occurred somewhere between a minute before midnight on Oct. 7, 2017 and 7 a.m. on Oct. 8, 2017 at …

Talking Points Memo reports: Pete Hegseth, the Army National Guard veteran, and former Fox News weekend host and President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense, experienced a political awakening at Princeton University. Hegseth detailed his journey to self-discovery in one of the many pieces he wrote as publisher of The Princeton Tory, a conservative magazine at the …

The Daily Beast reports: He‘s a man who doesn’t wash his hands but does commercials for soap, he‘s covered in Christian symbols but had a child with his mistress while married to his second wife, and he’s an Ivy League graduate who attacked “Ivy League leftists.” Pete Hegseth, 44, who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, has long crusaded against allegedly …

“I’m shocked, truly. And this is exactly what we worried about and we warned about Donald Trump, which is that he is going to appoint unqualified loyalists to shape this government into his own personal fiefdom, and get revenge on generals and put essentially really unqualified people. “I appreciate Mr. Hegseth’s service in our armed forces, but being a serviceman …

The Daily Beast reports: Republican senators, some of whom will have to vote for Hegseth for him to be confirmed, were surprised when asked about the news Tuesday. “Wow,” Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski said, per NBC reporter Frank Thorp. “I’m just surprised because the names that I’ve heard for Secretary of Defense have not included him.” Alabama’s Tommy Tuberville reportedly …

The New York Times reports: President-elect Donald J. Trump chose Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host and veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, to be his next defense secretary, elevating a television ally to run the Pentagon and lead 1.3 million active-duty troops. The choice of Mr. Hegseth was outside the norm of the traditional defense secretary, but …

“Patriots are passing up service or leaving the military altogether, seeing all the social justice and politically correct garbage that Obama and now Biden have rammed into the military. “I have seen this shift up close and personal. The army I served on the cusp of Joe Biden’s inauguration called me a domestic extremist. My journey was from fighting extremists …

“The Boy Scouts has been cratering itself for quite some time. You see this, this is an institution the left didn’t control. They didn’t want to improve it. They wanted to destroy it or dilute it into something that stood for nothing. So five years ago, the Boy Scouts let in girls, which was basically the end of Boy Scouts. …

Mediaite reports: Appearing on Friday’s Jesse Watters Primetime, Rachel Campos-Duffy and guest host Pete Hegseth criticized some of those whom President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom earlier in the day. Campos-Duffy offered a list of alternatives. “So, I thought, America’s frat boys, they could use the Medal of Freedom,” she said. “Donald J. Trump, he never gives …

Media Matters has the transcript: EMILY COMPANGO (FOX NEWS HOST): To be frank, it’s incredibly impressive, Hegseth. I get a good night’s sleep, and I can’t keep up with the president’s schedule even reading it. This is a incredible example of his stamina, his endurance and his commitments, I argue, to those who he does represent and you put that …

“This is very ‘Fox and Friends’ so ready your heart. It’s the 5th Sunday of Lent, and our prayer series continues with the reading of prayer from the Hallow app. We all need it, let’s do it this morning, close your eyes — if you would, bow your head. “Jesus, today we begin the holy period of passion tide. In …

Media Matters has the transcript: PETE HEGSETH: UFC in the United States is one thing. The UFC in Canada is a whole ‘nother. They don’t have the same First Amendment protections. They’re happy to censor speech. Everything is politically correct. And then the UFC shows up, which is basically like permanent locker-room talk. This guy talks like the guys I …

“He’s just a slob. He’s a slob who got elected as a zombie in Pennsylvania. Now he’s a senator and everyone knows it’s a joke. He even knows its a joke. His family looks like a joke. The Democratic party looks like a joke for putting him on the dais in that outfit. We look like a joke as a …

Media Matters has the transcript: CHARLES HURT (GUEST): And, quite frankly, I was sort of half-joking when I said that I thought that the White House press office planted the cocaine just so they wouldn’t have to talk about, like, the economy and everything else. But they would rather talk about Hunter Biden the crackhead. PETE HEGSETH (HOST): You think …