new york times Reporter Sharon LaFraniere published a hit article Friday about Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Pentagon chief, based on an emotional personal email his mother sent him. , his mother later told him she didn't mean it and regretted sending it.
Embedded in the article is Hegseth's mother saying: times She quickly sent her son a follow-up email apologizing for what she had written, saying she emailed him “with anger and emotion.”
She also defended her son and denied what she wrote, adding, “That's not true. It's never been true,” adding, “I know my son. He's a good father. It's my husband,'' she said. times He said the plan to release the contents of the emails was “disgusting”.
A person close to Hegseth said that even though several other media outlets carried the story, LaFraniere decided to publish it anyway. LaFraniere promotes the story on her X account, calling it a “gift.” That means it's not intentionally behind a paywall. “You can read it for free,” she wrote.
Ms. LaFraniere's biography boasts that she was a member of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the Russian collusion hoax, and she is another Pulitzer Prize finalist for national reporting on the coronavirus pandemic. He said he was on the team.
She adds in her bio: “The most important thing to me is getting the story right. No matter how much effort it takes, I treat people fairly and honestly and make sure the story is balanced and accurate. We are absolutely working on it.”
Hegseth's mother wrote an angry email on April 30, 2018, while her son was in the middle of divorcing his then-wife Samantha, and forwarded the email to Hegseth as well.
In that email, she criticized his behavior towards Samantha and other women, writing: It's mean and abusive that you try to label her as “unstable” for your own benefit. Do you have any common sense left? She didn't want or deserve anything that came to you at your hands. Neither did Meredith. ”
Hegseth married his first wife, Meredith, shortly after graduating from Princeton University in 2004. He was deployed to Iraq in 2005 and divorced in 2009. He married Samantha in 2010 and was deployed to Afghanistan two years later. They divorced in 2017 after having three children. Hegseth began dating Jennifer Hegseth, a Fox News executive producer, and they married in 2019.
Sean Parnell, a writer and combat veteran, times LaFraniere called the release of his private emails “despicable” and “disgusting.” He wrote to X:
The New York Times published private emails between mother and son six years ago. This is despicably low on many levels. The family has problems. forever. It is evil to publicize these issues for the sole purpose of thwarting nominations. period. Pete has a child. they will read this. Their friends will read it. It would be extremely irresponsible to announce something like this. Democrats don't have to deal with this issue. It's disgusting. ”
Mr. Parnell also criticized Mr. LaFraniere for promoting the X story as a free “gift” rather than a paywall.
She's proud of publishing private emails exchanged between a mother and son six years ago, and suggests ways to get around the NYT's paywall.
President Trump is right about this scum — #EnemyOfThePeople.
“It is no exaggeration to say that the media plays that role. #enemy of the people. Exploiting a family’s personal pain during a very difficult time is incredibly abhorrent. Especially when small children are involved. The Hegseth family does not deserve these BS attacks.”
Podcast host and former Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly also ridiculed the remarks. times To publish emails. She posted on X:
Eye stain @Pete Hegseth's mother sent him an email during their divorce that said, “Your attitude is very bad” (she's a good mother!), and the New York Times is totally on board with this. He then hears from his aunt who berates him for being late in sending her a thank you note after Christmas six years ago.
of times's reports about the private emails came after a concerted smear campaign against Hegseth, a Washington outsider, aimed at blocking his nomination to lead the government's largest agency.
Early this month, washington post reported that a woman accused Hegseth of rape in 2017, citing a police report. but, police reportA report released shortly after found inconsistencies in the woman's testimony and surveillance video, and said there was no evidence of rape. Charges were never filed.
Before that story, Reuters reported that Hegseth is suspected of having tattoos related to white supremacy. Breitbart News has discovered that two far-left veterans, including one who is involved in Democratic politics and supported Vice President Kamala Harris, are behind the false claims.
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