Tag: allegations
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Senators react to Gaetz withdrawal and Hegseth allegations
Senators react to Gaetz withdrawal and Hegseth allegations – CBS News Watch CBS News Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina responded to Matt Gaetz’s withdrawal as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general by saying he would “not be a rubber stamp to his nominees.” Still, he would also “not engage in an angry…
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Police report details woman’s 2017 allegations against Pete Hegseth, now Trump’s pick for defense secretary
A woman told police she was sexually assaulted in 2017 by Pete Hegseth after he took her phone, blocked the door to a California hotel room and refused to let her leave, according to a detailed investigative report released late Wednesday. Hegseth, a Fox News personality and President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be defense secretary,…
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Trump administration picks Matt Gaetz, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Pete Hegseth and Elon Musk have sexual misconduct allegations in their past
Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Elon Musk are all in line to serve as top government leaders. All have faced varying degrees of sexual misconduct allegations. The president’s picks to carry out his agenda reflect an incoming administration hostile to the norms of the “Me Too” movement. Behavior that might have gotten…
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Gaetz meeting with senators about attorney general job in face of misconduct allegations
Gaetz meeting with senators about attorney general job in face of misconduct allegations – CBS News Watch CBS News Matt Gaetz is on Capitol Hill Wednesday meeting with senators as he tries to shore up support for his bid to be attorney general. President-elect Donald Trump says he’s not reconsidering his choice of Gaetz for…
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Attorney details allegations against Trump attorney general-pick Matt Gaetz
Attorney details allegations against Trump attorney general-pick Matt Gaetz – CBS News Watch CBS News A lawyer for two women who have accused Matt Gaetz of sexual misconduct is laying out the details of his clients’ allegations, saying they told a House committee they were paid to have sex with Gaetz. Gaetz has denied all…
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U.K. prosecutors mull whether to charge Russell Brand over sex assault allegations
British police investigating comedian and actor Russell Brand over allegations of past sexual offenses have given a file of evidence to prosecutors so they can consider whether to charge him. The Crown Prosecution Service said late Saturday that “we have been passed a file by the police to consider a charging decision in this case.…