Sen. Kaine grills Hegseth at confirmation hearing

STORY: :: Senator grills Pete Hegseth during his

confirmation hearing for U.S. defense secretary

:: January 14, 2025

:: Washington, D.C.

:: Sen. Tim Kaine

(D) Virginia

“One of your colleagues said that you got drunk at an event at a bar and chanted, “kill all Muslims.” Another colleague, not anonymous, we have this said that you took coworkers to a strip club. You were drunk, you tried to dance with strippers. You had to be held off the stage. And one of your employees in that event filed a sexual harassment charge as a result of it. Now, I know you denied these things, but isn’t that the kind of behavior that, if true, would be disqualifying for somebody to be secretary of defense?

:: Pete Hegseth

Trump’s defense secretary pick

HEGSETH: Senator, anonymous, false charges.

KAINE: “They’re not anonymous. And I’ll just conclude and say this to the chairman. You claim that this was all anonymous. We have seen records with names attached to all of these, including the name of your own mother. So don’t make this into some anonymous press thing. We have seen multiple names of colleagues consistently throughout your career that have talked about your abusive actions (inaudible)… I now yield.”