by Nick Gilbertson at Breitbart
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Defense Secretary, set the record straight after Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) cited thoroughly refuted anonymous reports claiming he drank on the job at Fox News.
Hirono used her time during Hegseth’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee to peddle the anonymous reports, which a multitude of Hegseth’s former coworkers at Fox News have refuted on record.
Senator Mazie Hirono asks Pete Hegseth about his drinking which originated from an “anonymous source” liberal media hoax smear campaign and was shot down by dozens of people who actually know and work with Pete.
Pete expertly shuts it down and sets the record straight.
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“I have read multiple reports of your regularly being drunk at work, including by people who worked with you at Fox News. Do you know that being drunk at work is prohibited for service members under the UCMJ (Uniform Code of Military Justice)?” Hirono asked Hegseth, presenting him with only a “yes or no” option seemingly designed to prevent him from pushing back on the anonymous allegations.
“Senator–” Hegseth began before Hirono immediately cut him off, directing him to answer “yes or no.”
“Those are multiple false anonymous reports peddled by NBC News that run directly contradictory to the dozens of men and women at Fox News Channel who I worked with who came on the record and said they’ve never seen that,” Hegseth responded.
“I’m not hearing, I’m not hearing the answer to my question,” she said, raising a hand to her ear.
One of Hegseth’s former co-hosts on Fox and Friends Weekend, Will Cain, and many…
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