Pete Hegseth, host of Fox & & Friends, at the National Council of Young Israel Gala in New York City.
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Police in California checked out Fox News host Pete Hegseth– that was chosen today by President- choose Donald Trump to be the following Defense Department assistant– about a supposed sexual offense at a resort in 2017, authorities stated.
Hegseth, 44, was not billed after the probe that year by theMonterey Police Department He rejects the claims.
An agent for the city of Monterey informed NBC News in a declaration that cops “investigated an alleged sexual assault at 1 Old Golf Course Road,” the area of the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa, in between 11:59 p.m. and 7 a.m. regional time onOct 7 and 8, 2017.
The National Federation of Republican Women was holding its convention at the resort throughout that time.
The declaration keeps in mind there were “contusions to right thigh,” however did not recognize whose upper leg that was.
The name and age of the supposed target was not divulged in the declaration.
The speaker stated the complete cops record on the supposed case is excluded from public disclosure.
Vanity Fair initially reported the supposed case.
Hegseth’s lawyer, Timothy Parlatore informed, “The police department confirmed last night that it was fully investigated and he was cleared.”
“It was a false allegation … which is, unfortunately, something that happens with public figures,” Parlatore stated. “He cooperated completely and he did nothing wrong.”
Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung, in a declaration, stated, “Mr. Hegseth has vigorously denied any and all accusations, and no charges were filed,” Cheung stated. “We look forward to his confirmation as United States Secretary of Defense so he can get started on Day One to Make America Safe and Great Again.”
Hegseth, that left Fox News on Tuesday, separated his 2nd better half in 2017, the very same year he had a little girl with Jennifer Rauchet, that at the time was a Fox News manufacturer.
Hegseth wed Rauchet in 2019 at the Trump National Golf Club Colts Neck in New Jersey.
Hegseth functioned as an infantry police officer in the Army National Guard from 2002 with 2021, throughout which he was released to Afghanistan, Iraq, and Guantanamo Bay.
His choice by Trump to be the following Pentagon primary shocked a variety of Republican legislators.
“Who?” askedSen Bill Cassidy, R-La when the choice was introducedTuesday “I don’t know Pete. I just don’t know anything about him.”
