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says he was blackmailed during the #MeToo movement, and paid off an accuser to keep her silent, his attorney Timothy Parlatore tells The Post.
Last week, the Trump transition team received a memo from a friend of the accuser who detailed the accusations against Trump’s surprise pick to lead the Department of Defense,The alleged incident took place on Oct. 7, 2017, in Monterey, California, and involved an unidentified staffer at a conservative group who accused Hegseth, now 44, of raping her in his hotel room after a boozy night at the bar. She was in her 30s at the time.
“He had way too many drinks, and according to video surveillance and eyewitness testimony, this woman who was sober, took advantage of him, and she was the aggressor,” he said.But the memo of the incident sent to the transition team, which The Post has not independently obtained, alleged that she was responsible for ensuring that Hegseth made it back to his room and to the airport the next day, according to the Washington Post.
Days after the encounter, the accuser later filed a complaint to the police, who investigated the situation and ultimately, the local district attorney declined to pursue charges. Trump, 78, chose Hegseth, who has degrees from Princeton and Harvard, with the intention of dramatically shaking up the Pentagon, and eliminating the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion practices from America’s armed forces.
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