The day before Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth appears before the Senate for his confirmation hearing, a media report said Monday that an FBI background check on him came back with “unremarkable results.”
His FBI file was delivered to Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Mich.) and Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-R.I.) late last week, according to Punchbowl News.
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Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi) and Jack Reed (D) — the committee chairman and ranking member, respectively — were the only ones to see Mr. Hegseth's FBI file, which was delivered to the committee late last week. is a committee member. SASC Republican members briefed said the report was nothing to write home about.
Democratic lawmakers opposed to Hegseth's nomination have spent the past few weeks trying to imply that the FBI's background check on him would be a problem for him.
But Ms. Hegseth said at the time that she welcomed and even looked forward to the background check, even as mainstream media spread slander from anonymous sources.
“All the hopes and dreams of the Democratic Party were crushed with that one word,'' one Hegseth adviser quipped.
Democrats have publicly opposed Hegseth's nomination, citing anonymous allegations in major media reports that he allegedly engaged in sexual misconduct, financial mismanagement of veterans organizations and excessive drinking. There is.
Dozens of former colleagues at Fox News and veterans organizations have disputed these claims on the record, noting that no one has come forward to substantiate the claims.
Additionally, as Breitbart News reported, hundreds of Navy SEALs, veterans, and supporters marched in Washington, D.C., on the morning of his confirmation hearing to urge the Senate to support his confirmation. It's planned.
Democratic senators are expected to use his confirmation hearing as a high-profile opportunity to attack him and unearth anonymously sourced allegations, but ultimately the Republican-controlled Senate will hold him out. is expected to be approved.
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