In the statement that the transition team read Jan. 16 to Mississippi Republican Roger Wicker and Rhode Island Democrat Jack Reed, she said Pete Hegseth had and continues to have a problem with alcohol abuse, a person familiar with the FBI briefing and its findings told The Associated Press.
Pete Hegseth told senator he paid $50,000 to woman who accused him of 2017 sex assault
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She said Mr. Hegseth's second wife, Samantha, told her that "she once hid in her closet from Hegseth because she feared for her personal safety."
Pete Hegseth's former sister-in-law goes public with allegations of alcohol, spousal abuse
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