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Hegseth faces rising GOP scrutiny as allegations mount

Editorial Board Published December 4, 2024
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Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s embattled choose for Protection secretary, confronted rising scrutiny from Republican senators Tuesday after a brand new set of revelations over the weekend involving allegations of alcohol abuse and sexual misconduct in his previous. 

Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), who’re amongst at the least a half-dozen senators seen as being on the fence, remained noncommittal on Hegseth. 

Collins informed CNN the Senate wanted “an FBI background check to evaluate the allegations, we need to have the normal committee process of questionnaires about his background and we also need to have a public hearing.”

Ernst mentioned she would meet with Hegseth later this week to “see what he has to say” and “have a really frank and thorough conversation.”

In one other signal Hegseth’s nomination could possibly be in hassle, he deliberate to fulfill with the Home Republican Examine Committee on Wednesday, a supply acquainted with the assembly informed The Hill. Home lawmakers haven’t any votes on the Hegseth nomination, however the assembly could possibly be used to boost stress on GOP senators to again him.

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), a key ally of Trump’s, mentioned he nonetheless believed Hegseth might win affirmation.

“I think it’s difficult, but doable,” he mentioned.

“Are soldiers sometimes wild childs? Yeah, that can happen, but it is very clear that this guy is the guy who, at a time when Americans were losing confidence in their own military, in our ability to project strength around the world, Pete Hegseth is the answer to that concern,” Lummis mentioned, in line with Politico. 

“I appreciate the opportunity to meet with senators, it’s a great opportunity to hear their thoughts and in the advise and consent role, and I welcome and continue that,” Hegseth informed reporters as he walked into a gathering on the Russell Senate Workplace Constructing alongside his spouse. 

Trump’s staff has since known as publication of the e-mail “despicable,” and Penelope Hegseth informed the Occasions she despatched a follow-up message on the time apologizing for her phrases. 

Hegseth was set to fulfill with Sens. Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) on Tuesday. Simply 4 Republican senators can be wanted to aspect with all Senate Democrats and sink his nomination.

Senate Armed Providers Committee senior member Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), whose panel will deal with Hegseth’s nomination, informed reporters his issues over the Military veteran “deepen by the day.”

“There’s more evidence by the day that he seems to be unfit to be secretary of Defense,” he mentioned Tuesday.

Requested whether or not any whistleblowers have reached out to his workplace regarding Hegseth, Blumenthal mentioned they’ve had “inquiries from a number of people who say they have information. People have come to me personally. So I think there is probably more to come.”

Forward of certainly one of his Tuesday conferences, Hegseth wouldn’t reply to allegations of intoxicated conduct and sexual impropriety made towards him.

Budd and Schmitt, who sit on the Senate Armed Providers Committee, have expressed help for Hegseth, who can also be a adorned Military veteran, having accomplished excursions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Risch, the incoming chair of the Senate Overseas Relations Committee, has not but voiced public help for him.

Hegseth additionally was on the Capitol grounds Monday to fulfill with Sens. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), and he met later with a bunch of roughly 10 Republican senators — additionally accompanied by his spouse, Politico reported. 

In an op-ed later printed on the social platform X, Tuberville voiced robust help for Hegseth as somebody who’s “not beholden to the Military Industrial Complex,” and somebody who would “clean up” the Division of Protection.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) advised Hegseth’s alleged sins weren’t distinctive when requested whether or not the allegations of mistreatment of ladies and extreme ingesting would derail his nomination. 

“That would not be novel in Washington, D.C.,” Cornyn mentioned, referring to “both” units of allegations. 

The prolonged period of time between the nomination and doubtlessly profitable the Pentagon isn’t making life simpler on his path to affirmation, one Senate GOP supply famous, because it creates extra time for critics to stir the pot within the media. 

Hegseth was nominated for the publish on Nov. 3 — a full three weeks earlier than Gen. James Mattis was tapped in 2016 and practically a month earlier than Protection Secretary Lloyd Austin was in 2020.

From the announcement of his nomination, the previous “Fox & Friends” persona has been thought-about a controversial choose as a consequence of his lack of expertise main a serious group just like the Protection Division, and said opposition to girls serving in fight roles. 

Hegseth has additionally been on the defensive over a sexual assault allegation stemming from a 2017 incident at a Republican occasion in California. He claims the encounter was consensual.

Trump’s senior adviser Jason Miller mentioned Tuesday that “there aren’t any concerns” with Hegseth.

“We feel very good about his positioning for being confirmed by the Senate,” Miller informed CNN.

Al Weaver and Emily Brooks contributed reporting

This story was up to date at 7:39 p.m.

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