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According to CBS News, Senate Majority Leader John Thune has privately told President Trump that Pete Hegseth should have the necessary votes for confirmation as defense secretary.
However, a spokesman for Thune refused to provide details when asked about the matter.
“Two things we don’t discuss publicly: Whip counts and private conversations with the president,” the spokesman told CBS News.
🚨 BREAKING: Senate Majority Leader Thune has privately told Trump that Hegseth has the votes to be confirmed as Defense Secretary
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 5, 2025
Per CBS News:
The new Senate Majority Leader in an interview with “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” promised a fair process but expressed more caution.
“I think these are nominees who are new enough, they’ve been going around and conducting their meetings, which I think, frankly, have gone very well, but they still have to make their case in front of the committee. And, you know, we don’t know all the information about some of these nominees.”
Hegseth’s confirmation hearing is scheduled for Jan. 14, according to Senate Armed Services Chairman Roger Wicker.
Trump named Hegseth his pick for Defense Secretary on Nov. 12, a week after the election. Days later, Hegseth came under fire amid accusations of past sexual misconduct. An unidentified woman accused Hegseth of sexual assault in a Moneterey, California, hotel room in 2017.
Hegseth claimed the sexual encounter was consensual and prosecutors declined to file charges. Hegseth and the accuser reached a confidential financial settlement in 2023.
Hegseth has also faced questions about his management of a veterans’ organization he once led and NBC reported that Hegseth’s colleagues at Fox News were concerned about his alcohol consumption.
🚨Report: Senate Majority Leader John Thune has privately told President Trump that he believes Pete Hegseth will have the votes to be confirmed as Secretary of Defense
Via: CBS News pic.twitter.com/SRjj9izkr1
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BREAKING: Senator John Thune indicates @PeteHegseth WILL be confirmed in private talks with President Trump.
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Earlier this week, ABC News reported that top members of the Senate Armed Services Committee quietly requested more information from the veterans organization Hegseth once ran.
Senate panel quietly seeking more info on Pete Hegseth ahead of confirmation hearings: Sources https://t.co/7ozIWK764K pic.twitter.com/7qYSmjxnw3
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) January 4, 2025
ABC News reports:
Following reports of alleged impropriety by Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense, the top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee have quietly made a request for additional information from the veterans organization Hegseth once ran, as well as the district attorney in Monterey County, California, according to communications reviewed by ABC News.
The committee appears to be looking deeper into recently reported accusations of a 2017 sexual assault as well as allegations of financial misconduct on Hegseth’s part, both of which Hegseth has denied.
The allegations have created an uphill climb for the former Fox News host, who can only afford to lose the votes of three Senate Republicans when his confirmation comes up for a vote in the coming weeks.
The committee’s requests, which were made in early December, ask that documents be provided to the Senate Armed Services Committee no later than Monday, Jan. 6, just over a week before Hegseth is scheduled to appear before the panel for his public confirmation hearing on Jan. 14.
The requests, reviewed by ABC News, show that the top Republican on the committee, Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and the top Democrat, Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., sought additional information from the Monterey County district attorney concerning allegations of sexual assault that were levied against Hegseth in 2017 and first reported in November, following Trump’s announcement of Hegseth as his DOD pick.