The adjudicated rapist’s transition team is reportedly second-guessing Donald Trump’s choice of Fox host Pete Hegseth after reports emerged that he was involved in an alleged domestic violence complaint in 2017, the Washington Post reports. One in a series of appointments of questionable merit Trump has announced, Hegseth had just divorced his second wife while the woman who would become his third wife gave birth to his child.
Officials never filed charges against Hegseth, but Monterey, California police confirmed they investigated an “alleged sexual assault” involving him that a friend of the victim reported about a week after the incident. Hegseth’s attorney said police found nothing to base charges on, but the woman allegedly assaulted reportedly signed a non-disclosure agreement.