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riversedge

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Fri Dec 6, 2024, 03:32 PM Dec 6

Hegseth Lawyer Threatens Woman Accuser With Legal Action If He Isn't Confirmed

Source: crooksandliars.com





This is outrageous!

By John Amato — December 6, 2024

Pete Hegseth and his team are doing a full-court press to try to save his nomination as SecDef and are going as far as threatening the woman who filed a police report for rape against him with legal action if the Senate doesn't confirm him.
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COLLINS: It was settled in an agreement with this woman in 2017. Yesterday when you were talking to Jake Tapper, you said that you believed it's extortion. But of course, as you know, extortion is also a crime. So if you felt that it was extortion, why not go to the police at the time?

PARLATORE: Well, it was a decision that we made and the email from the attorney, I don't, yeah, it was something that I don't know if it quite rises to the level of a criminal extortion that the police would take it on, but I think it certainly does meet the definition under the California law for civil extortion.

And it was something that we were considering at the time. And quite frankly, with the violation of the agreement, if he is not confirmed as the Secretary of Defense, we may still bring a civil extortion claim against her.

Read more: https://crooksandliars.com/2024/12/hegseth-lawyer-threatens-woman-accuser



These are NOT the kind of folks that are good for the USA!!


https://crooksandliars.com/cltv/2024/12/hegseth-attorney-claims-accuser-can






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Hegseth Lawyer Threatens Woman Accuser With Legal Action If He Isn't Confirmed (Original Post) riversedge Dec 6 OP
Fuckers. Guess she will need a GoFundMe? Sucks. Evolve Dammit Dec 6 #1
Wouldn't that make him a DEI hire then? n/t tinymontgomery Dec 6 #2
Discovery is going to be rich! BComplex Dec 6 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author LetMyPeopleVote Dec 6 #4
Keep pushing fuck face liberalgunwilltravel Dec 6 #5
Kick ck4829 Dec 9 #6

Response to riversedge (Original post)

5. Keep pushing fuck face
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 10:19 PM
Dec 6

You’re making a lot of enemies that won’t forget. And orange Jebus ain’t going to save you.

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