Raw Story: Lindsey Graham: 'Very disturbing' reports on Pete Hegseth make confirmation 'difficult'

[Dennis Donovan]

Raw Story - Lindsey Graham: 'Very disturbing' reports on Pete Hegseth make confirmation 'difficult'

David Edwards
December 3, 2024 3:37PM ET

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) warned that it would be "difficult" to confirm former Fox News weekend co-host Pete Hegseth as President-elect Donald Trump's defense secretary.

Graham told CBS News correspondent Scott MacFarlane that recent allegations about Hegseth's treatment of women and alcohol abuse would complicate his confirmation hearings.

"I think some of these articles are very disturbing," the South Carolina Republican said. "He obviously has a chance to defend himself here, but some of this stuff is it's going to be difficult."

In 2017, police in Monterey, California, investigated Hegseth after a woman accused him of sexual assault. A police report indicated that the woman went to a hospital after believing she was assaulted at a Republican women's conference.

Hegseth told officers that he had sex with the woman and insisted it was consensual, according to a police report. The two eventually settled out of court.

In an email released by The New York Times, Hegseth's mother called him "an abuser of women."

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[Irish_Dem]

1. For Lindsey to flip like this, the stuff we don't yet know about must be very bad for Hegseth.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

2. Hegseth and the other noms are going to bring the Reps down.

Hopefully????

[BOSSHOG]

3. Oh Yes Lindsay so disturbing

So what the fuck ya gonna do about it? Republicans are all about destruction of whatever they touch cause that’s a lot easier than leading and managing. Hegseth and graham are both model republicans led by a convicted felon. Now that’s disturbing Lindsay.

[Raven123]

4. Oh I'm sure Lindsey will navigate the disturbances

[GusBob]

5. I am reading this as if

LG is just not looking forward to the confirmation hearings. As he should as they will be "difficult"

And then Trump will be cracking the whip as well

So he will vote to nominate

[Glorfindel]

6. Your concern is noted, Lindsey. Please keep your smellin' salts close to hand

and don't wander too far away from your faintin' couch.

[Autumn]

7. Lindsey Graham: 'Very disturbing' reports on Pete Hegseth make confirmation 'difficult but

I will vote to confirm him no matter what. Fixed it for Lindsey. We all know what he will do .

[Mike 03]

8. So Newsmax and Lindsey Graham are hard "Nos"

Not that I trust Graham.

It's starting to look like this nomination is toast.

[sop]

9. Kavanaugh had similar skeletons in his past, yet Lindsey supported him.

Maybe if the Federalist Society backed Hegseth, Lindsey would come to heel.

[rampartd]

10. dear leader has the goods on graham

he will vote the wat trump orders him

[Gore1FL]

11. Maybe he should have a tantrum about how unfair it is.

That worked for Kavanaugh.

[SWBTATTReg]

12. I am surprised that Susan Collins didn't join Lindsey G. on making confirmation 'difficult'.

Oh!! They both are 'concerned' but IMHO, just watch them approve tRUMP's pick. Hypocrites, both of them.

[Eugene]

13. Lindsey Graham Rapidly Reverses His Take on the Hegseth Allegations: 'None of It Counts'

Lindsey Graham Rapidly Reverses His Take on the Hegseth Allegations: ‘None of It Counts’ (The Daily Beast)

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) pulled off a flip-flop in near-record time Wednesday, dismissing a litany of misconduct allegations against Pete Hegseth that just a day earlier he called “very disturbing.”

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Appearing on Fox News' Hannity, Trump loyalist Graham tried to dismiss all of the allegations against Hegseth in one fell swoop.

“I’ve heard everything about all of these people, none of it counts, no rumors, no innuendo,” he told host Sean Hannity, claiming the anonymity of Hegseth’s accusers renders their stories invalid.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/lindsey-graham-rapidly-reverses-his-take-on-the-hegseth-allegations-none-of-it-counts/

https://news.yahoo.com/news/lindsey-graham-rapidly-reverses-hegseth-095722613.html