Pete Hegseth revealed to the Senate Armed Services Committee that he paid $50,000 to a woman who accused him of sexual assault.
Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Defense shared the details of his settlement with the unnamed accuser in a letter that was obtained by CNN. A police report released earlier this year outlined the allegations from 2017 in detail. The then 30-year-old woman was a staffer for a California Republican group. Hegseth's accuser said she met the former Fox News host when he was a keynote speaker at a Republican women's conference. The unnamed woman said that her memory got "fuzzy" after having a drink but she "remembered saying 'no' a lot.” Hegseth admitted to having sex with the unidentified woman but has maintained that their encounter was consensual. Monterey Police ultimately didn’t file charges against the Trump nominee.
