BREAKING: Like Trump, cabinet nominee and Fox News anchor Pete Hegseth paid hush money to accuser

Soon to be your potential boss Donald Trump I denied anything happened but I still wrote a check to someone Former porn star who said they had sexual intercourse.

And now Pete HegsethTrump, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, insists that if a sexual encounter occurred, it was consensual — but he still paid off a woman who accused him of sexual assault.

One claim was that the payment was part of the confidentiality agreement. Hegseth’s statement and other documents obtained on Saturday Washington Post.

Trump of course Convicted of 34 serious crimes in an election interference and hush money case that included testimony that he secretly and illegally paid Stormy Daniels in 2016 to hide their alleged relationship from voters.

According to the Washington Post:

Hegseth’s attorney, Timothy Parlatore, said (in an affidavit) that Hegseth was “visibly intoxicated” at the time of the incident and maintained that police contacted several days after the woman’s encounter concluded that “the Complainant was the aggressor.” in the match.” Police have not confirmed this claim.

The statement said Hegseth agreed to pay the woman an undisclosed amount because he feared exposure of the matter would “result in his immediate departure from Fox,” where he worked as a host.

A detailed memo about the incident was sent to Trump’s transition team this week by a woman who said her accuser was her friend. The Post obtained a copy of the note alleging that Hegseth raped the woman, then a 30-year-old conservative group employee, in her room after drinking at a hotel bar.

The Post reported that it was unable to speak with the accuser.

The accuser, whose identity has not been publicly released, filed a complaint with police alleging she was sexually assaulted days after the Oct. 7, 2017, encounter in Monterey, California, but the local district attorney did not file charges, although police confirmed they were investigating the incident.

When he threatened to sue in 2020, Hegseth made the payment and signed the confidentiality agreement, his lawyer said.

The woman said she didn’t remember anything until she walked into Hegseth’s room after drinking at the bar, then stumbled to find her own room. The next day, she has a blurry memory of being raped, is examined at a hospital, and a rape test tests positive for semen.

Meanwhile, former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, Trump’s pick for attorney general, was investigated for allegedly having sex with an underage woman, and that investigation ended without any charges being brought.

The woman at the center of the Justice Department’s years-long investigation sex trafficking allegations Sources close to the investigation said Gaetz testified to the House Ethics Committee that he had sex with her when she was 17. ABC News.

Trump insists he will not withdraw Gaetz’s name, despite warnings from lawmakers in both parties who warn that Gaetz faces an uphill climb to get the 51 votes needed for Senate confirmation.