This Trump nominee could already be on his way out…
President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has reportedly been drafting a list of alternative nominees for Defense Secretary in case Trump rethinks his choice of, Fox & Friends Weekend co-host Pete Hegseth.
According to Vanity Fair, which spoke to two unnamed Republican sources “close to Trump,” the president-elect’s transition team has been “quietly preparing a list of alternative defense secretary candidates should Trump abandon Hegseth,” following news of a 2017 sexual assault allegation.
“It’s becoming a real possibility,” claimed one of the sources. The other source said, “People are upset about the distraction. The general feeling is Pete hasn’t been honest.”
Shortly after Trump announced his decision to nominate Hegseth for secretary of defense this month, the Trump transition team was informed about a 2020 payment Hegseth reportedly made to a woman who accused him of sexually assaulting her at a hotel and spa in 2017.
In a statement, Hegseth’s lawyer Timothy Parlatore insisted, “Mr. Hegseth is completely innocent. Not only did she take advantage of him, but we believe she then extorted him knowing that at the height of the #MeToo movement the mere public allegation would likely result in his immediate termination from Fox News.”
The New York Times reported last week that Trump had “not moved off supporting Mr. Hegseth, despite claims that his team was reassessing the pick, according to several people close to the incoming president.”
Hegseth’s nomination took Senate Republicans by surprise.
Asked for his thoughts on the nomination, Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) reportedly remarked, “Really? I’d have to think about it.”
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) reacted, “Wow… I’m just surprised because the names that I’ve heard for Secretary of Defense have not included him,” while Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) asked, “Who?”
Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC) was more optimistic about the nomination, calling Hegseth “an impressive individual.”
I support Pete as there was never any proof. It’s Matt Gaetz I’m not crazy about.
Bob – there wasn’t ‘any’ proof about Gaetz either. ‘almost’ as much as there was about the russia russia russia schtick from schiffhead. If there had been in either cast the dems would have STILL been pushing it. Instead they trumped (pun intended) up allegations of at worst misdemeanors into ‘felonies’ against him. Never mind that even if those ‘crimes’ had been committed the statute of limitations had long since run out.
Full disclosure – DJT is not perfect by any means but the treatment he has gotten would try the patience of Job.
Go Pete Go
Wary of Gaetz
the DOJ tried to blackmail the Gaetz family, as in his very wealthy father to pay $25 MILLION DOLLARS.
Gaetz Senior was wired when dealing with the DOJ and therefore, the truth came out, INVESTIGATION dismissed and the DOJ didn’t get their $25MIL blackmail money. So, done, over with. But, what is discovered is that Matt likes hookers and cheated on his wife multiple times.
As to Major Pete, bad news. There is an actual recorded police report. But no charges were filed at the time. Then 3-4 later, Pete pays hush money.
We know how most people think about hooker/assault hush money. Time will tell. Pete may just decline the nomination
Thank the Lord Gaetz is gone. But KEEP PETE!!!