Hegseth Confirmation In Jeopardy Amid Serious Allegations

Erin Burnett OutFront

CNN

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🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Trump’s pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth is now facing a tough road to confirmation with more senators balking over serious allegations of misconduct. Plus, CNN’s KFile team has new reporting on Hegseth’s criticism of Trump himself. Plus, protests are growing tonight after the South Korean president declares martial law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.6	Up front next, the breaking news, Heg Seth in Jeopardy. Trump's pick for Defense Secretary now facing a very rough road to confirmation with more senators balking over serious allegations of misconduct. Tonight, our K-file with new reporting on Hegset's criticism of Trump himself. Plus, protests growing tonight after the president of South Korea declares martial law, the United States
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1:12.9	a top Fed official. Let's go out front. And good evening. I'm Aaron Burnett. Out front tonight,
1:19.7	the breaking news in jeopardy. That's Trump's pick for defense secretary Pete Hegseth. And tonight,
1:24.8	he is in trouble. Senator Lindsey Graham, a top ally of President
1:28.9	elect Trump tonight calling the allegations of sexual misconduct and alcohol abuse by
1:33.6	Hegseth, quote, disturbing. Several other Republican senators telling Armani Razu that Hegseth has a
1:39.7	tough road to win confirmation. Now, this has Trump's team scrambling to try to shore up support.
1:46.0	We are just learning that Hagseth will be back on Capitol Hill tomorrow to meet with Republicans,
1:50.9	sitting down for a Fox interview as well. It all comes as Trump's transition team announces
1:56.4	it has signed a major agreement with the Justice Department, a deal that paves the way for
2:00.5	Hegseth's
2:01.1	background check. Today, Hegseth was trying to convince lawmakers that he can do the job.
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