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November 18, 2024

WaPo: Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth Paid Off Woman He Sexually Assaulted in 2017
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More details have emerged about a sexual assault allegation against Pete
Hegseth, the Fox News host picked by Donald Trump to become defense
secretary. Hegseth has been accused of assaulting a woman in a hotel
room in 2017 after he addressed the California Federation of Republican
Women. Hegseth's lawyer has claimed the encounter was consensual, but
The Washington Post reports Hegseth paid the woman an undisclosed amount
after she signed a nondisclosure agreement.


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