In anticipation of a forthcoming story questioning Pete Hegseth’s acceptance into a prestigious military academy, the embattled Trump nominee is going on the offensive, bringing receipts to social media showing he was offered a spot there in 1999.
Hegseth, who is in the political fight of his life to keep his defense secretary nomination, lashed out at ProPublica early Wednesday morning, accusing the “Left Wing hack group” of readying a story alleging he was not accepted to West Point that year. He ultimately chose to attend Princeton University over the nation’s most prominent military academy, a decision Hegseth admitted came down to his love of basketball. Regardless, he wrote, one of West Point’s admissions officers congratulated him on earning a spot in the school’s class of 2003.
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“We understand that ProPublica (the Left Wing hack group) is planning to publish a knowingly false report that I was not accepted to West Point in 1999,” Hegseth wrote on X. “Here’s my letter of acceptance signed by West Point Superintendent, Lieutenant General Daniel Christman, US Army.” In the letter,…
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