According to Senator Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts, Pete Hegousz, who was nominated by President Trump as the Secretary of Defense, paid $ 50,000 as part of a legal reconciliation with a woman, who filed a rape Trump in 2017. I acknowledged that.
Mr. Warren, a Democratic member of the Senate and military committee, posted: document His spokeswoman said he was in Hegses’s answer to the Senator’s calligraphy questions on Friday. The existence of the settlement was documented before the approval hearing this month, but the amount was not publicly known. AP communication The disclosure was previously reported.
“Mr. Hegoses, how much did you pay for Jane Du as part of a secret contract or other contract related to this case?” The answer is “$ 50,000”.
Warren wrote in the post, “We cannot hurry his voting and trust him regarding national security.”
Hegoses said that rape advertising was false and agreed to pay a woman to protect her work as a caster of FOX news, family, and her third wife. Police investigated the claim and sent the case to the county prosecutor, but the county prosecutor rejected the accusation.
The Senate will vote on Hegouses on Friday night. On Thursday, Senator and others voted for 51 to 49 to proceed with his nomination to the final vote. The voting was mainly in line with the party’s policy, but two Republican Senants, Susan Collins in the main state and Lisa Marcausky in Alaska, voted with the Democratic Party.
Hegoses has been allegedly allegedly allegedly abused in alcohol, in addition to Rape charges, but has denied this. Former sister -in -law has accused him of “abusive” acts on his second wife, but his second wife has denied physical abuse.
Republican Senator and others have acknowledged that Hegouses was unusual for the Pentagon, but claimed that he was appropriate for the post.