“Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Defense Department, told Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina that he planned to release the woman who accused him of sexual assault from a confidential settlement agreement,” the New York Times reports.
Hegseth to Release Accuser From Confidential Agreement
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