Sen. Jack Reed (R.I.), the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, called the FBI’s background check of Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s nominee to lead the Pentagon, “insufficient.” The FBI’s background check of Hegseth did not include material from a woman who accused the nominee of sexual misconduct in 2017. “You and I have…

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Reed: FBI investigation of Hegseth ‘insufficient’

The woman who accused Hegseth of sexual assault in 2017 — which he denies — was not interviewed by the FBI, according to reports

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Senate Dems blast ‘significant gaps’ in Pete Hegseth’s FBI background check

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) questioned if Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick to be defense secretary, will uphold the oath of office, if confirmed. During a confirmation hearing, Kaine focused on Hegseth’s character, bringing up his extra-marital affair with a Fox News producer that resulted in a baby. Kaine also raised that Hegseth has admitted to what he describes as a consensual encounter with a woman in California in October 2017, shortly after the birth …

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Sen. Kaine grills Hegseth about affair and sexual assault accusation

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Responding to concerns over Pete Hegseth's background check, a legal analyst asked why Hegseth's ex-wife was not interviewed.

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Legal analyst raises question over Pete Hegseth's background check

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough cast doubt on the FBI background check of Donald Trump's nominee for defense secretary Tuesday.Allegations of sexual assault and other misconduct have surfaced against former Fox News host Pete Hegseth since the president-elect tapped him to lead the Pentagon, but the "Morning Joe" host said he was so lacking in qualifications for the job that no Republican senators should vote to confirm him."All the character issues asi…

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'Why?' Morning Joe wonders who hobbled FBI background check of Trump nominee

Confirmation hearings for Cabinet members nominated by President-elect Trump are underway. The FBI conducts background checks focusing on "character and conduct" of the nominees. What's involved?

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FBI background checks of presidential nominees, explained

The report doesn't have material from his ex-wives or a woman who accused Hegseth of sexual assault in 2017. Hegseth has said that encounter was consensual, and prosecutors never filed charges.

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Pete Hegseth's FBI background check does not include interviews with key women from his past

“The FBI background check on Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, does not include interviews with Hegseth’s ex-wives or the woman who accused him of sexual assault in a California hotel room in 2017,” NBC News reports. Punchbowl News: “Senate Republicans and Trump aides believe Hegseth will get confirmed if nothing new is revealed about the nominee during or immediately after the hearing.”

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Hegseth’s FBI Background Check Lacks Key Interviews

Senate Democrats and establishment Republicans will seize upon anything they can in order to derail President-elect Donald Trump’s America-first agenda. Ironically, it appears that their first attempt at sabotage will […] The post 'Dems' Hopes and Dreams Crushed with One Word' as Pete Hegseth's FBI Background Check Is Submitted to Senate appeared first on The Western Journal.

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'Dems' Hopes and Dreams Crushed with One Word' as Pete Hegseth's FBI Background Check Is Submitted to Senate

Senate Democrats are raising alarms over critical gaps in the FBI’s background check on Pete Hegseth after it failed to interview Hegseth’s second ex-wife.

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Pete Hegseth Ex-Wife At Time Of Sexual Assault Allegation Rebuffed By FBI In Week Before Confirmation Hearing: Report

Reed: FBI investigation of Hegseth ‘insufficient’

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