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Democratic senators connected the Armed Services Committee are presently reviewing an affidavit that alleges Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth made his 2nd woman fearfulness for her safety.
Fox News has obtained an affidavit from Hegseth's erstwhile sister-in-law, Danielle Hegseth, which alleges that helium some has an intoxicant maltreatment occupation – and helium astatine times made his ex-wife, Samantha, fearfulness for her safety. Danielle Hegseth was joined to Pete Hegseth's brother. She is not the sister of Samantha, Pete Hegseth's 2nd wife.
The Senate Armed Services Committee was provided the affidavit and members are successful the process of reviewing it.
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In a connection to Fox News, Pete Hegseth's lawyer, Tim Parlatore said, "Sam has ne'er alleged that determination was immoderate abuse, she signed tribunal documents acknowledging that determination was nary maltreatment and precocious reaffirmed the aforesaid during her FBI interview. Belated claims by Danielle Dietrich, an anti-Trump, far-left Democrat who is divorced from Mr. Hegseth’s member and ne'er got on with the Hegseth family, bash thing to alteration that. After an acrimonious divorce, Ms. Dietrich has had an ax to grind against the full Hegseth family. Ms. Dietrich admits that she saw thing but is present falsely accusing Sam of lying to some the Court and to the FBI due to the fact that of private, undocumented statements that she allegedly made 10 years ago."
Danielle Hegseth provided an anecdote successful the document, recalling that Samantha erstwhile hid successful a closet from her husband.
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But, Danielle Hegseth added that she ne'er witnessed immoderate maltreatment herself, carnal oregon sexual, from Pete against Samantha.
The affidavit provided further anecdotes astir Hegseth's alleged dense drinking, referring to respective circumstantial occasions, including 1 successful a portion club.
In the document, Danielle Hegseth besides concluded her erstwhile brother-in-law is not acceptable to beryllium Secretary of Defense, successful her opinion.
The committee's Ranking Member Jack Reed, D-R.I., said successful a statement, "As I person said for months, the reports of Mr. Hegseth’s past of alleged intersexual assault, intoxicant abuse, and nationalist misconduct necessitate an exhaustive inheritance investigation. I person been acrophobic that the inheritance cheque process has been inadequate, and this affidavit confirms my fears. The alleged signifier of maltreatment and misconduct by Mr. Hegseth is disturbing. This behaviour would disqualify immoderate servicemember from holding immoderate enactment presumption successful the military, overmuch little being confirmed arsenic the Secretary of Defense."
Samantha Hegseth denies immoderate carnal maltreatment successful a connection archetypal reported by NBC News. "There was nary carnal maltreatment successful my marriage. This is the lone further connection I volition marque to you, I person fto you cognize that I americium not speaking and volition not talk connected my matrimony to Pete. Please respect this decision," she reportedly said.
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Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., who is connected the committee, told reporters, "This lone confirms what we already cognize astir Mr. Hegseth's behaviour and the mode helium has lived his life, and the kinds of opinions that helium had towards women."
"So we'll fto the Republicans marque their ain statement, but I deliberation it conscionable confirms we already cognize that helium is perfectly 100% unqualified for this job, his disposition, his demeanor, the issues we person with intersexual abuse, with fiscal mismanagement," she said.
"I americium telling you, determination is simply a large woody successful this affidavit, and, immoderate portion of which would disqualify a campaigner to pb our military," Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., different subordinate of the committee, told reporters.
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However, Republicans connected the committee aren't needfully going to beryllium swayed by the allegations.
New Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., who besides sits connected the committee, wrote connected X: "This is simply a desperate, last-minute effort by Dems and the media to smear Pete Hegseth and vessel his nomination. Pete’s ex-wife is connected grounds saying the claims are false, but the media doesn’t attraction due to the fact that it hurts a Republican. Nobody should autumn for this."
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