
Pete Hegseth told Sen. Elizabeth Warren he paid $50,000 to woman who accused him of sexual assault
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Washington — Pete Hegseth, President Trump's nominee to lead the Defense Department, told Sen. Elizabeth Warren that he paid $50,000 to a woman who accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2017, two sources familiar with the matter confirmed to CBS News.
Hegseth has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and said the encounter with the woman in a Monterey, California, hotel was consensual.
He made the disclosure in answering written questions posed to him by the Massachusetts Democrat during the vetting process for his confirmation.

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