Summary
Donald Trump’s Secretary of Defense nominee, Pete Hegseth, faces backlash over a newly surfaced 2017 sexual assault allegation, which he failed to disclose during the vetting process.
Trump’s team, reportedly furious, criticized Hegseth for not revealing the incident, detailed in a police report, ahead of his nomination.
Hegseth denies wrongdoing, stating the matter was fully investigated and he was cleared.
Republican senators remain divided, with some voicing concerns about his suitability given the military’s ongoing sexual assault issues.
The controversy adds to challenges for Hegseth, a Fox News host lacking government experience.
Do they still think they can find a white guy in Trump’s orbit who hasn’t sexually assaulted someone?
Likely as not, to be honest. The “outrage” is media spin from the team. They all know. They just can’t let on they know. Just like Project 2025
The point isn’t to find a non-rapist, the point is “just tell us ahead of time so we can sweep it under the rug, dumbass”
They aren’t mad that he did it, they’re mad that the propaganda machine couldn’t get in front of it before it became news.
"… this is the fucking Pentagon! … Even if the allegations are fake, it doesn’t matter because he was supposed to tell us what we needed to know so we could be better prepared to defend him — not learn about it from the media.”
They want to make the government small enough to drown in a bathtub and they can’t even find police reports about a potential hire.
If the allegations were fake, he wouldn’t have anything to tell them.
They are fine with a sec offender, they just wanted to be prepared.
“We only only have so much room for sexual assault allegations, Pete!”
Why do they give a fuck about this specific one and not the rest?
Only thing I can guess is it’s because he lied when asked, maybe? Some twisted loyalty thing?
WE DONT HIDE SEX CRIMES IN THIS HOUSE
That’s right, we brag about how likely we are to do them in interviews! Especially when you’re rich, then they just let you.
which he failed to disclose during the vetting process.>
Wait. There is a vetting process???
Yeah, that part of the chat while they ate McDonald’s, right after Trump asked him if he’d do anything Trump asked him to do, and right before Trump watched a highlight reel of Fox News clips. You know, the vetting process.
News Max*
Yeah, if you dont have at least one rape inder your belt they have nothing they can hold against you. Which means for them to be mad they didnt know about this one, there has to be another they did know about.
So the guy who doesn’t believe germs exist lied about sexual assault? Not shocked! I thought being a criminal was the minimum requirement to be in trumps government.
How can they be furious when they knew damn well what was up with Gaetz. Ridiculous. They are trying to act like they were caught off guard. Give me a break.
Maybe Trump should stop picking people he met on epstien’s plane.
Those FBI background checks looking pretty good right about now, eh?
Republican senators remain divided
the same senators that let the frat boy in?
the same party that let thomas in?
Didn’t the stable genius bypass the traditional vetting process recently? Lol
Trump is probably furious that Pete didn’t let him in on some of that.
Yeah right what bullshit is this. His team cared about as much as the voting American public cares about Trump’s rapes
