Police report reveals assault allegations against Hegseth, Trump’s pick for defense secretary

Associated Press

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A woman told police that she was sexually assaulted in 2017 by Pete Hegseth after he took her phone, blocked the door to a California hotel room and refused to let her leave. That’s according to a detailed investigative report made public late Wednesday. Hegseth is a former Fox News personality who’s now President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be defense secretary. The report says Hegseth told police at the time that the encounter had been consensual and he denied any wrongdoing. The police report offers the first detailed account of what the woman alleged happened. And that’s at odds with Hegseth’s version of events.