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January 13, 2025

Senate Begins Confirmation Hearing for Trump Noms Incl. Defense Pick Pete Hegseth, Accused of Rape
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Senate confirmation hearings for Trump's nominees begin Tuesday, when
the Senate Armed Services Committee considers Pete Hegseth, the Fox News
host tapped by Trump to become defense secretary. Hegseth will likely
face questions over accusations that he raped a woman in 2017 at a
Republican women's conference in Monterey, California. Hegseth claimed
the encounter was consensual, but he later paid the woman as part of a
nondisclosure agreement. Hegseth's own mother has called him "an abuser
of women."

Also on Tuesday, confirmation hearings will be held for interior
secretary nominee Doug Burgum and veterans affairs secretary nominee
Doug Collins.


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