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Court Records Blow Holes In The New York Times’ Latest Anti-Hegseth Smear
The Federalist ^ | December 20, 2024 | Shawn Fleetwood

Posted on 12/20/2024 11:43:24 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

Court records and documents obtained by The Federalist show there’s far more to the story than the Times lets on.

The New York Times recently dropped its latest “bombshell scandal” involving President-elect Donald Trump’s defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth — and it’s about as vapid and toothless as one would expect.

“They’re desperately searching for anything to malign Pete,” Hegseth’s lawyer Tim Parlatore told The Federalist.

Published on Monday by Times lackies Dave Philipps and Sharon LaFraniere, the hit piece takes aim at Hegseth’s security guard John Jacob Hasenbein, a former Army Special Forces master sergeant. Specifically, the left-wing propagandists detailed a prior Army training incident involving Hasenbein that they ominously characterize as “a dark episode in his past.”

The matter came about during a March 2019 training simulation the Army conducted with a private contractor before Hasenbein’s unit was set to deploy overseas. The master sergeant and his team were tasked with carrying out “a hostage rescue from a terrorist cell,” and the contractor hired a civilian role player to portray “an ISIS fighter with information about a hostage whom Mr. Hasenbein’s team was supposed to free,” according to the Times.

Philipps and LaFraniere cited claims from witnesses that Hasenbein “beat” the role player — including the role player himself, who told the Times the soldiers “were supposed to ask [him] where the hostage is at … But they didn’t give [him] a chance. They just started hurting [him] bad.”

The authors noted how Hasenbein was subsequently charged by the Army with aggravated assault and reckless endangerment. As described in the report, “A military jury found him guilty of the assault charge in a court-martial in 2020 … But the judge overseeing the case declared a mistrial after learning that a friend of Mr. Hasenbein...”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: davephilipps; johnjacobhasenbein; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; petehegseth; sharonlafraniere; shawnfleetwood; timparlatore

1 posted on 12/20/2024 11:43:24 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The deep state does not want him in there.

You know you’re over the target when you start catching flak.


2 posted on 12/20/2024 12:32:05 PM PST by gunnut
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

HEGSETH NEEDS TO FOLLOW TRUMP’S EXAMPLE & SUE.


3 posted on 12/20/2024 1:03:32 PM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: ridesthemiles

That article isn’t about Pete, nor does it say anything bad about him, whether fake or not. The article is not evidence of defamation against Pete. But of course, Pete should definitely sue the other useless media talking heads who publish lies about him


4 posted on 12/20/2024 1:12:55 PM PST by jpp113
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
The New York Times is a reliable contraindicator.

If they like something, steer clear of it.

If they hate something, embrace it.

5 posted on 12/20/2024 1:17:44 PM PST by Lazamataz (The BEST birthday present I ever got WAS DONALD TRUMP WINNING IN 2024!!!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The NYT.

Lololololololololol

ZERO credibility.


6 posted on 12/20/2024 1:50:10 PM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Pete's CIB trumps anything the MSM try to throw at him.

They just don't get it.

I want to see Milley interrogated on Biden's dementia. He sure had a lot to say about Trump, but he was mute about Biden.

7 posted on 12/20/2024 1:55:39 PM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: ridesthemiles

Hasenbein played football in high school with my two nephews. Just verified the identity of hasenbein with one of my nephews, who said they heard this story from Jay a few years ago. Jay was cleared of any wrong-doing years ago. The Slimes were grasping at straws.


8 posted on 12/20/2024 2:58:38 PM PST by RatRipper
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
The New York Times, where lying is company policy.
9 posted on 12/25/2024 8:13:05 AM PST by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral creulty of the Biden-Harris regime.)
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