pete Hegseth, Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, admitted to paying $50,000 as part of a legal settlement with a woman who accused him of raping her in 2017 www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u... - ThreadSky

miafarrow.bsky.social • 48 days ago

pete Hegseth, Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, admitted to paying $50,000 as part of a legal settlement with a woman who accused him of raping her in 2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/us/politics/hegseth-payment.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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paulbiedermann.bsky.social•48 days ago

Seems like something only rapists would do.

rembetis.bsky.social•47 days ago

A government of rapists. Shameful.

ranjit52.bsky.social•47 days ago

You don't part with $50,000/- unless you have something to hide.
His mother was forthright in her advice to her son in that infamous e-mail.
Fraudsters, rapists, molesters, and liars, abound in the chief Felon's government.

suzeiki.bsky.social•48 days ago

that party likes rapists.

tj608.bsky.social•48 days ago

Innocent people do NOT pay off other people or have them sign NDA's!

nataliakerr.bsky.social•48 days ago

Sexual aggression is a prerequisite in this administration.
He got off cheap.
That's less than 84M

gracieboy.bsky.social•48 days ago

It is not what he's admitting to that's the problem it's WHY are so many repukes voting for him,we have to find a solution to this problem

mme2306.bsky.social•48 days ago

Money talks and bullshit walks for the next 4 years.

rob-jp.bsky.social•48 days ago

The evidence must have been pretty damning for him to do that.

Somehow, one's moral character no longer applies to a MAGA/GOP nominee,.......... unless it's a Democrat.

damace.bsky.social•48 days ago

This will only put him in favor with these people.

lamp63.bsky.social•47 days ago

It puts him to the front of the line for these miscreants!

cowgirlcurtis.bsky.social•48 days ago

As usual the Republicans in the hearing are employing the “Study for the test high, take the test high” theory

mmhauzr.bsky.social•48 days ago

I don't know much about these kinds of things but is it normal to payoff an anonymous smear with $50K???

mariejo1965.bsky.social•48 days ago

If Hegseth is confirmed…
GOP is dead for sure and Liz Cheney can create PROUDLY her own party

sunsout.bsky.social•48 days ago

Republicans will be confirming him tonight. They do not care that he's not remotely qualified for this extremely important job or that he's personally repugnant.

mariejo1965.bsky.social•48 days ago

I am sure also

jeremydai.bsky.social•48 days ago

50K doesn't seem like much for being raped. Should've been much, much higher, imo. And his ass in prison.

thetrock.bsky.social•47 days ago

Unfortunately, rapists are the poster children—actually, the spokesmen— for this psychotic Republican Party.

cpaloma.bsky.social•47 days ago

And this is who they chose to address sexual abuse in the military.

newspro.bsky.social•48 days ago

Nobody makes a payment if they are innocent.

mickeyar.bsky.social•48 days ago

Nothing says, don’t want this information in the public like 5 figure payout!

trickcyclist.bsky.social•48 days ago

Are there any males in Trumps inner circle who have not committed sex crimes?

celt1888.bsky.social•48 days ago

Another felon appointee

votebluealways.bsky.social•48 days ago

He’s a rapist and a raging alcoholic

garygsaenz.bsky.social•48 days ago

He won't be the first of Trump's nominees that has a history of being a total shitbag. It'll likely just get worse and worse.

#Americult

dogtown1981.bsky.social•48 days ago

Republican lawmakers in Congress have allegedly been sending sexually explicit text messages to Cassidy Hutchinson (former WH staffer) since 2018, trying to engage in sexual favors. An aide to Mike Johnson recently warned Republicans not to subpoena her because doing so could expose these texts. 🤡

phoenixrising123.bsky.social•46 days ago

women don’t matter to tRUMP and company. We need to take care of one another.

eewwww-david.bsky.social•48 days ago

I think being a rapist is a required qualification for men in Trump's cabinet.

misstrish.bsky.social•47 days ago

The man's a snake.

notdoingthis.bsky.social•47 days ago

Were we not afraid of the Russians would hold things against soldiers in the don’t ask don’t tell era. What happened? Don’t you think the more skeletons in your closet the less likely you will fit in these confines?