Pete Hegseth, who was chosen by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Defense, has been accused of some serious things. According to a report from The New Yorker, during a night out at a bar in 2015, he drunkenly yelled, “Kill all Muslims!” while he was the president of a veterans’ group.
Hegseth has had a troubled history. He lost his job at two veterans’ organizations, Veterans for Freedom and Concerned Veterans for America, due to claims about his bad behavior and how he managed things. There are recordings that suggest he did not handle money well and behaved inappropriately with female staff members.
A whistleblower report revealed that Hegseth often showed up to work events drunk and sometimes had to be taken out of events because he was so intoxicated. At one incident, he even had to be stopped from dancing at a strip club. Some female employees said they felt unsafe because Hegseth and some of his team treated them poorly, labeling them into groups like “party girls” and “not party girls.”
He’s also faced past allegations of sexual assault from 2017, which he denies. He claimed that incident was consensual, but because of pressure during the Me Too movement, he had to pay off the woman involved.
Many who worked with him were alarmed when they heard he might be chosen to lead the Department of Defense. One whistleblower said, “Having him at the Pentagon would be scary,” showing that his past actions left a bad impression on many.
Hegseth resigned from Concerned Veterans for America in early 2016, and while he said it was for personal reasons, sources say it was because of his drinking and how he managed the group poorly.
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