The mainstream media’s relentless assault on President Trump’s Protection Secretary nominee, Pete Hegseth, has reached new lows. From nameless sources to debunked allegations, the media’s coordinated smear marketing campaign reeks of desperation to undermine a adorned veteran and staunch advocate for America’s warriors.
The media, led by NBC News and The New Yorker, has circulated sensational claims about Hegseth’s supposed ingesting habits, citing unnamed sources and doubtful whistleblower reviews.
NBC Information claimed, primarily based on ten nameless present and former Fox Information workers, that Hegseth’s ingesting “nervous his colleagues.”
In the meantime, The New Yorker alleged in a so-called “undisclosed report” that Hegseth’s tenure as president of Involved Veterans for America (CVA) was marred by incidents of public drunkenness, together with a fabricated story a few strip membership occasion.
The information outlet reported:
A beforehand undisclosed whistle-blower report on Hegseth’s tenure because the president of Involved Veterans for America, from 2013 till 2016, describes him as being repeatedly intoxicated whereas performing in his official capability—to the purpose of needing to be carried out of the group’s occasions.
The detailed seven-page report—which was compiled by a number of former C.V.A. workers and despatched to the group’s senior administration in February, 2015—states that, at one level, Hegseth needed to be restrained whereas drunk from becoming a member of the dancers on the stage of a Louisiana strip membership, the place he had introduced his crew.
When ambushed by a reporter demanding solutions to the baseless claims, Hegseth refused to entertain the smear marketing campaign. “I’m not gonna dignify that with a response,” he replied.
Conservative media figures have additionally come to Hegseth’s defense. Fox and Mates co-host Will Cain, former Fox Information host Dan Bongino, and contributor Piers Morgan have all publicly condemned the allegations as politically motivated character assassination.
Randy Lair, a trustee of Involved Veterans for America, broke his silence to set the document straight.
In a letter obtained solely by the New York Post, Lair categorically denied the allegations of misconduct from a whistleblower, confirming that Hegseth “voluntarily resigned” from his place at CVA to pursue different alternatives, together with his relationship with Fox Information.
Learn the full letter beneath:
“Pete Hegseth has supplied to me a replica of an unsolicited electronic mail not too long ago despatched to Fox Information Channel relating to Pete and his departure from Involved Veterans for America. Though we don’t usually reply to this sort of electronic mail, we thought it was necessary to set the document straight given what seems to be a really private assault towards Pete and his navy service.
The reality is Pete resigned his place as CEO of Involved Veterans for America on account of a distinction of opinion as to the way forward for the group and in order that he may concentrate on different endeavors, together with his relationship with Fox Information.
Pete was not terminated by the group and, in truth, we at CVA labored with him although this tough determination and mutually agreed the tip of 2015 was one of the best timing for each events. So far as Pete’s navy service is worried, we consider his document speaks for itself and it was by no means a difficulty with our group.
The underside line is that Pete Hegseth voluntarily resigned his place and CVA acknowledges and appreciates his accomplishments as CEO. Pete supplied robust management throughout the progress of CVA as an influential group on many fronts. We want him a lot success.”
Learn for your self. You’ll see the reality is on our aspect. https://t.co/0iL2H1H2Yg
— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) December 4, 2024