There was already evidence that he had sent more than $10,000 to two women who later testified in sexual misconduct investigations. He calls for the “categorical defeat of the Left” and says that without its “utter annihilation,” “America cannot, and will not, survive.”Like Gaetz, Hegseth is facing stories about sexual assault. Yesterday, officials in Monterey, California, released a police report detailing a 2017 sexual assault complaint against Hegseth. The report recounts chilling details of a drunk Hegseth blocking a California woman from leaving a hotel room and then sexually assaulting her. Hegseth says the encounter was consensual, but he paid the woman a settlement in exchange for a nondisclosure agreement.

Source: Washington Post November 22, 2024 09:02 UTC