'Desperate attempt': Senators receive affidavit with allegations about Hegseth’s previous marriage

Foxnews ^ | January 21, 2025 | Julia Johnson , Tyler Olson , Kelly Phares , Daniel Scully

[grcuster]

Democratic senators on the Armed Services Committee are reviewing an affidavit that alleges secretary of defense nominee Pete Hegseth made his second wife fear for her safety.

Fox News has obtained an affidavit from Hegseth's former sister-in-law, Danielle Hegseth, which alleges he has an alcohol abuse problem and at times made his ex-wife, Samantha, fear for her safety. Danielle Hegseth was married to Pete Hegseth's brother. She is not the sister of Samantha, Pete Hegseth's second wife.

The Senate Armed Services Committee was provided the affidavit, and members are in the process of reviewing it.

[grcuster]

A former in-law has submitted an affidavit alleging Pete abused his wife just after his nomination is moving to the floor for a vote.

[Darksheare]

Even better, it’s a hoax affidavit.

[TomGuy]

Media’s Latest Campaign Against Pete Hegseth Quickly Crushed, Revealed As Hoax

[grcuster]

Yep, a bitter ex-wife of the family.

[Darksheare]

But the media is still running with it regardless.

[Repeal The 17th]

Can you say hearsay?
I knew you could.

[grcuster]

They are coming out of the woodwork and into the light, which doesn’t go well with evil.

[vpintheak]

This lying sack of crap former In-law should be prosecuted for lying. This garbage with false accusations needs to end. Yesterday.

[ETCM]

Pete’s brothers ex-wife claims Pete was abusive to his own ex-wife. But Pete’s allegedly abused ex-wife says the ex-inlaw is lying, and Pete was never abusive, nor was she ever in fear.

This garbage makes Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony look credible.

[OrioleFan]

Meant to influence Collins, Murkowski and Ernst...

[popdonnelly]

Isn’t this the Democratic script in action? Wait and try and find some woman who will sabotage the nominee at the last minute? Where have I seen this before?

[popdonnelly]

Is the Democratic law firm that represents this woman working with some people on the Hill?

[newfreep]

[ronnie raygun]

these three flip floppers need to be spoken to harshly

[FlingWingFlyer]

The evil, far left haters bite the dust again. Like Barry said, “Elections have consequences.”

[Ann Archy]

After Clinton, Affidavits are nothing but TOILET PAPER!

[TheThirdRuffian]

The ex wife of his brother, no less.

Meanwhile, Pete’s ex-wife says it is BS.

Someone needs to sue this lady for slander. Charge her with lying to Congress.

[Eli Kopter]

Ex-wife repudiated those statements. Divorces are ugly. Senators are hypocrites and a**holes. Case closed. Take a vote.

[GaryCrow]

Any man who has ever been through a divorce knows "I was in fear for my life" is the first thing a woman's divorce lawyer is going to trot out. It's usually laughed at and ignored by the judge unless there's some evidence, which there usually isn't.

It's basically the divorce version of the race card, it's automatically going to get trotted out as a means to discredit the man.