Following the defense by Fox and Friends Weekend co-host Will Cain, former Fox Information host Dan Bongino, present Fox contributor Piers Morgan and different Fox associates publicly defended President-elect Trump’s protection secretary nominee Pete Hegseth in opposition to allegations of unprofessional drunkenness made by nameless Fox staffers that was reported by NBC Information on Tuesday.
The embellished Iraq and Afghan conflict veteran Hegseth’s nomination is going through withering hearth because the institution tries to derail Trump’s efforts to reform the corrupt protection business.
The newest assault is from a number of nameless Fox staffers who accused Hegesth of happening air with the scent of alcohol on his breath or of displaying up hungover from an evening of consuming for his early morning stint as a Fox and Buddies Weekend co-host.
Pete Hegseth’s consuming apprehensive colleagues at Fox Information, sources inform NBC Information
Ten present and former Fox staff say Trump’s decide for protection secretary drank in ways in which involved his co-workers. A Trump transition crew spokesperson known as the claims “fully unfounded and false.”
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s decide for protection secretary, drank in ways in which involved his colleagues at Fox Information, in line with 10 present and former Fox staff who spoke with NBC Information.
Two of these individuals mentioned that on greater than a dozen events throughout Hegseth’s time as a co-host of “Fox & Buddies Weekend,” which started in 2017, they smelled alcohol on him earlier than he went on air. Those self same two individuals, plus one other, mentioned that in his time there he appeared on tv after they’d heard him speak about being hungover as he was preparing or on set.
One of many sources mentioned they smelled alcohol on him as lately as final month and heard him complain about being hungover this fall.
Not one of the sources with whom NBC Information has spoken might recall an occasion during which Hegseth missed a scheduled look as a result of he’d been consuming.
“Everybody can be speaking about it behind the scenes earlier than he went on the air,” one of many former Fox staff mentioned.
Dan Bongino posted in response, “Labored with Pete for years. That is absolute BULLSHIT.”
Labored with Pete for years. That is absolute BULLSHIT. https://t.co/qyH0i2Kunk
— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) December 3, 2024
Bongino adopted with, “Stand with Pete. The nation wants him.”
Stand with Pete. The nation wants him. pic.twitter.com/cIl6yonw7z
— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) December 4, 2024
Fox Nation host Piers Morgan, “This relentless onslaught in opposition to @PeteHegseth is getting pathetic. Completed @foxandfriends many instances with him and by no means identified Pete be something however totally skilled on digicam and a pleasant, respectful man off it.”
This relentless onslaught in opposition to @PeteHegseth is getting pathetic. Completed @foxandfriends many instances with him and by no means identified Pete be something however totally skilled on digicam and a pleasant, respectful man off it. https://t.co/6CoZApA6mG
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 3, 2024
Fox Information contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier, “I’ve routinely sat on the sofa with @PeteHegseth for 8 years. Not as soon as did I believe he had consumed something apart from an egg sandwich and occasional earlier than happening air.”
I’ve routinely sat on the sofa with @PeteHegseth for 8 years. Not as soon as did I believe he had consumed something apart from an egg sandwich and occasional earlier than happening air. pic.twitter.com/vjDQUpV9il
— Nicole Saphier, MD (@NBSaphierMD) December 4, 2024
Former Fox Information producer Breanna Morello, “As a former Fox producer, I’ve by no means heard this in my life. Everybody spoke extremely of him and nonetheless does til this present day. I observed the staff are nameless.”
As a former Fox producer, I’ve by no means heard this in my life.
Everybody spoke extremely of him and nonetheless does til this present day.
I observed the staff are nameless. https://t.co/7SmwHQ7993
— Breanna Morello (@BreannaMorello) December 4, 2024
Fellow veteran Sean Parnell, who labored with Hegseth at Involved Veterans for America, “The smears in opposition to Pete Hegseth are as relentless as they’re false. My fellow republicans, there’s a cause that is reaching a fevered pitch now & it’s not b/c the media determined to inform the reality for as soon as. It’s all to tank Pete & harm Trump. Do NOT fall for the false assaults.”
The smears in opposition to Pete Hegseth are as relentless as they’re false.
My fellow republicans, there’s a cause that is reaching a fevered pitch now & it’s not b/c the media determined to inform the reality for as soon as.It’s all to tank Pete & harm Trump.
Do NOT fall for the false assaults.
— Sean Parnell (@SeanParnellUSA) December 4, 2024
CNN’s Kaitlin Collins reported Hegseth is anticipated to do an interview with Fox Information on Wednesday, “In an indication of how significantly the Trump transition crew is viewing Republican senators’ issues about Pete Hegseth, he’s anticipated to sit down for an interview with Fox Information tomorrow, I’m instructed by a number of individuals. That’s notable given most (if not all?) of Trump’s Cupboard picks have been instructed to not do media till after they’re confirmed.”
In an indication of how significantly the Trump transition crew is viewing Republican senators’ issues about Pete Hegseth, he’s anticipated to sit down for an interview with Fox Information tomorrow, I am instructed by a number of individuals. That is notable given most (if not all?) of Trump’s Cupboard picks have been…
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) December 3, 2024
