Pete Hegseth Faces New Booze, Strippers, Debt and NDA Claims at Veterans Group He Ran [View all]

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Earlier DU thread: Pete Hegseth's Secret History (Jane Mayer, The New Yorker)

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Source: The Daily Beast

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Pete Hegseth Faces New Booze, Strippers, Debt and NDA Claims at Veterans Group He Ran

A whistleblower claimed Trump’s defense secretary pick had to be carried out of events and was accused of financial mismanagement.

Sean Craig
Updated Dec. 2 2024 10:13AM EST /
Published Dec. 2 2024 9:29AM EST

Former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, who President-elect Donald Trump plans to nominate for defense secretary, has a sordid, drunken history of mismanaging veterans organizations that left staff “disgusted” by his allegedly lecherous behavior, according to a report.

The New Yorker obtained records from two nonprofit advocacy groups Hegseth led—Veterans for Freedom and Concerned Veterans for America—that describe financial mismanagement, inappropriate sexual advances and—at one point—Hegseth drunkenly yelling “Kill all Muslims!” at a bar while on an official tour in Ohio.

Both groups eventually forced Hegseth to step down, the magazine reported. A lawyer for Hegseth dismissed the allegations as “outlandish claims” and attributed them to “a petty and jealous disgruntled former associate.”

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Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/pete-hegseth-hit-with-new-allegations-of-booze-fueled-misconduct-in-bombshell-report/

Alternate link: https://news.yahoo.com/news/hegseth-hit-allegations-booze-fueled-142938736.html