Fox News presenter’s ex-sister-in-law makes serious allegations against Trump’s preferred defense minister






Pete Hegseth will soon lead the US Department of Defense. But Donald Trump’s preferred candidate is confronted with new allegations – now from his ex-sister-in-law.

Fox News presenter Pete Hegseth has no political experience apart from an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the US Senate, but is expected to head one of the most important ministries, the Pentagon. But it’s not all over and done yet. Hegseth’s statements that women could not be used in combat missions caused irritation. Reports about alcohol abuse and alleged sexual assaults, among other things, had put the ex-soldier in distress.

Now Hegseth’s former sister-in-law is making new allegations, according to the New York Times. Accordingly, Danielle Diettrich Hegseth, the ex-wife of Pete Hegseth’s brother, has submitted an affidavit, which is also said to be available to the newspaper. In the document she describes: Hegseth was so “abusive” towards his second wife that she once hid from him in a closet and had a safe word to call for help when she had to get away from him. According to the newspaper, the sister-in-law also describes “unpredictable and aggressive” behavior. In addition, Hegseth is said to have often drunk to excess, both in public and in private – once even when he was wearing his military uniform. According to the Newspaper Senators on Tuesday afternoon the woman’s affidavit.

Few Republicans doubt Pete Hegseth

While the lawyer for the defense minister candidate denied the allegations, Republicans are trying to push for Hegseth’s confirmation, according to the New York Times. Privately, six Republicans are said to have expressed doubts about Hegseth’s suitability, but others probably dismiss the allegations as an attempted character assassination that will fail.

The next few days will show how much resistance the Republicans will put up against Hegseth and whether Trump will push through with his preferred candidate despite everything. At his Senate confirmation hearing, where Democrats denied his suitability for office, he said he wanted to bring a “warrior culture” back to the Pentagon. In order for Hegseth not to be sworn in as Secretary of Defense, at least three Republican MPs would have to vote against the moderator.

Sources:“New York Times”, DPA.

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