We made a cheat sheet for you to keep up with Pete Hegseth’s ever-growing list of allegations.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Zuma
Trump’s picks for taking over the federal government range from the conspiratorial to the absurdly underqualified.
But it’s former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, who may take the cake as the president-elect’s most controversial. (He had arguably been tied for that ignominious distinction with former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, Trump’s brief pick for attorney general who dropped out over accusations of drug use and sexual misconduct.)
Since getting tapped for defense secretary, multiple disturbing accusations against Hegseth have emerged. The latest, revealed in a bombshell-packed New Yorker report late Sunday, centers on…