at a hospital in Monterey, California, and requested a rape kit. According to a police report, she said she had been sexually assaulted four days earlier after attending a Republican women’s conference at a Hyatt Regency hotel.
The perpetrator, she told police, was Pete Hegseth, a commentator who had been a speaker at the convention.The encounter, which did not result in charges against Hegseth and which he has admitted occurred but claimed was consensual, is now in the spotlight due to Hegseth’s surprise nomination as president-elect ’s pick for Secretary of Defense.
Will it affect his candidacy?It seems unlikely. It’s clear at this point that allegations of sexual misconduct are no hindrance to being considered for the upper echelons of American power.
The Trump cabinet may well include multiple men who have allegations of sexual misconduct against them, and it’s not even a surprise.After all, just look at , who was found liable by an Manhattan civil jury of sexual abuse against author E.
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