President-elect Donald Trump’s Secretary of Defense pick Pete Hegseth defended his leadership of two veteran advocacy groups Wednesday amid allegations of misconduct during his tenure. The 44-year-old Army veteran and former head of Vets for Freedom and Concerned Veterans for America has faced allegations of drunken sexual impropriety and financial mismanagement stemming from his time running the groups,

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense, was pushed out as the head of two veterans’ advocacy organizations amid internal allegations of mismanagement and personal misconduct,

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s embattled pick for defense secretary, received the backing Monday of two former colleagues at a veterans’ organization. Unfortunately for Hegseth— who was accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a hotel room in 2017—one of those defending him was also accused of violence against a woman.

A new whistleblower report suggests that Pete Hegseth was often drunk and created a hostile environment for women while he was president of Concerned Veterans for America (CVA), The New Yorker revealed Sunday.

Trump’s Defense Secretary pick Pete Hegseth faces renewed scrutiny over an old resurfaced whistleblower report detailing allegations of misconduct.

Pete Hegseth’s drinking was such a problem it worried many of his colleagues at Fox News, according to a report published on Tuesday by NBC News. The claim is based on communication with ten employees who worked alongside President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense and discussed instances in which they suspected him of being under the influence of alcohol.