Pete Hegseth to go to Capitol as particulars from 2017 sexual assault report emerge – dwell

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The scrutiny round Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s nominee for protection secretary, grows as police unveiled an investigative report into the Fox Information host that additional detailed the sexual assault allegations surrounding him.

The 22-page report launched by police dates again to 12 October 2017. It consists of allegations from a lady who informed police that she was sexually assaulted by Hegseth after consuming at a lodge bar in Monterey, California following a Republican girls’s occasion the place Hegseth spoke. Based on the report, Hegseth assaulted the lady after he took her telephone, blocked the door to a lodge room and prevented her from leaving.

The police report’s launch follows latest information of “an in depth memo” on the alleged assault which a buddy of the accuser despatched to the Trump transition crew. Hegseth has insisted the encounter was consensual however paid the lady an unknown sum after she signed a nondisclosure settlement.

Rising particulars of the alleged assault come as Hegseth is about to go to Capitol Hill right this moment. The Fox host is predicted to satisfy with JD Vance and Republican senators forward of his affirmation course of.

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