Hegseth joined Fox News as a contributor in 2014.
His drinking should be disqualifying.
In 1989, the Senaterejectedthen-President George H.W.
Pete Hegseth arrives for a meeting on Capitol Hill on Dec. 2, 2024, in Washington, D.C.Samuel Corum/Getty Images
in what the complaint called a drunk and a violent manner.
The City of Montereyconfirmedthat a police report had been made involving Hegseth.
His lawyer said Hegseth denied the 2017 assault and called the incident a consensual sexual encounter.
