But it is the American Senate, responsible in the United States for confirming nominations for certain positions of high responsibility, which will have the last word.
Future US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cited in sexual assault complaint
According to NBC News, at least six Republican senators would be opposed to the nomination of Pete Hegseth, while Donald Trump’s party will have a majority of 53 senators against 47 for the Democrats from January.
The presenter of Fox News, the favorite channel of American conservatives, has visited the Senate several times in recent days to try to convince refractory elected officials. “We are going to deserve these votes,” he said Thursday at the Capitol in Washington.
He also thanked Donald Trump on Friday for his message of support. “Thank you Mr. President. Like you, we will never back down,” he wrote on X.
In mid-November, a few days after the announcement of his appointment, an accusation of sexual assault dating from 2017 in California emerged.
No complaint was filed at the time and the former soldier denies any non-consensual relationship.
Doubts about this choice grew further when the New York Times reported that his own mother had called him an “abuser of women” in an email in 2018 and said he lacked character.
Penelope Hegseth, however, returned to her comments on Fox News on Wednesday, stressing that they had been written in “haste” during her son’s divorce.
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According to the New Yorker, Pete Hegseth was also forced to abandon his functions at the head of two associations following an accusation of sexual assault, excessive consumption of alcohol, and mismanagement.
Donald Trump has already suffered the forced withdrawal of Matt Gaetz, his first choice for the post of Minister of Justice who threw in the towel after accusations of sexual relations with a minor.
“Who is this guy?”, “The least qualified candidate in American history”: the appointment of Pete Hegseth as head of the Pentagon surprises
