{"id":137553,"date":"2024-12-16T04:35:23","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T21:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137553"},"modified":"2024-12-16T04:35:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T21:35:23","slug":"graham-says-hegseth-plans-to-release-accuser-from-confidential-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137553","title":{"rendered":"Graham Says Hegseth Plans to Release Accuser From Confidential Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald J. Trump\u2019s 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, Mr. Graham said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Speaking on NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press,\u201d Mr. Graham, a Republican, said that Mr. Hegseth told him during a private meeting last week of his intentions, which could allow his accuser to come forward publicly with her allegations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Hegseth <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/16\/us\/politics\/hegseth-sexual-assault.html\" title=\"\">paid the woman<\/a> after she accused him of having sexually assaulted her in 2017, in an encounter that he has insisted was consensual. A police report was filed four days later, in which the woman said Mr. Hegseth had taken her phone and prevented her from leaving his hotel room before assaulting her, but no charges were brought against him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cHe told me he would release her from that agreement,\u201d Mr. Graham said of Mr. Hegseth. He added, \u201cI would want to know if anybody nominated for a high-level job in Washington legitimately assaulted somebody.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But, Mr. Graham said, Mr. Hegseth\u2019s accuser would have to make her claims publicly if she wanted them to be considered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIf people have an allegation to make, come forward and make it,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ll decide whether or not it\u2019s credible. Right now he\u2019s being tried by anonymous sources. That will not stand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Earlier this month, Timothy Parlatore, a lawyer for Mr. Hegseth, told CNN that he believed the woman had already breached the agreement, and said she should be prepared to be sued for defamation if she were to repeat what he called \u201cfalse statements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Parlatore has said his client agreed to the settlement years later only because he feared that a public accusation could lead to his termination from Fox News, likening the settlement agreement to extortion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/15\/us\/pete-hegseth-confidentiality-agreement-lindsey-graham.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald J. 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