Hegseth lawyer slams 'flawed and questionable affidavit' from ex-sister-in-law

President Donald Trump's prime for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, is pushing backmost connected a last-minute affidavit from his ex-sister-in-law with caller allegations.

Hegseth's lawyer, Timothy C. Parlatore, wrote to Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., connected Wednesday to dispel the claims made by Danielle Dietrich, formerly Hegseth, successful her affidavit. 

"While it is hard to respond to, oregon to recognition anonymous allegations, the payment of idiosyncratic putting their sanction connected the grounds is that we tin analyse their credibility and bias. In this case, the credibility and bias is casual to discern," helium said successful the correspondence obtained by Fox News Digital.

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Pete Hegseth's lawyer is urging senators not to trust connected an affidavit from his brother's ex-wife.  (Reuters)

Dietrich's affidavit was obtained by Fox News connected Tuesday. Hegseth's erstwhile sister-in-law, erstwhile joined to his brother, alleged that Hegseth had an intoxicant maltreatment occupation and that astatine times made his ex-wife, Samantha, fearfulness for her safety. 

She provided a fig of anecdotes successful the affidavit, including an lawsuit wherever Samantha supposedly hid successful a closet from her husband.

However, Dietrich noted that she ne'er witnessed immoderate maltreatment herself, carnal oregon sexual, from Pete against Samantha. 

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The affidavit besides referred to anecdotes astir Hegseth's alleged dense drinking, referring to respective circumstantial occasions, including 1 astatine a portion club. 

After the affidavit was reported, Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., the committee's ranking member, said successful a statement, "As I person said for months, the reports of Mr. Hegseth’s past of alleged intersexual assault, intoxicant maltreatment and nationalist misconduct necessitate an exhaustive inheritance investigation. I person been acrophobic that the inheritance cheque process has been inadequate, and this affidavit confirms my fears. 

"The alleged signifier of maltreatment and misconduct by Mr. Hegseth is disturbing. This behaviour would disqualify immoderate work subordinate from holding immoderate enactment presumption successful the military, overmuch little being confirmed arsenic the caput of defense."

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Hegseth had a proceeding successful the committee past week.  (Anna Moneymaker)

In the document, Dietrich further suggested her erstwhile brother-in-law is not acceptable to beryllium the caput of defense.

"She is openly admitting that her intent is to descend the information and has been promised by Democrats that specified a connection would person that effect," Parlatore said successful his missive to Wicker. 

He pointed retired that the "vast majority" of what Dietrich referred to were events she admitted to not being a witnesser to. "She materially contradicts Sam’s sworn statements successful the divorcement proceedings wherever she acknowledges that determination was nary abuse," Hegseth's lawyer added. 

Parlatore besides pointed retired that her claims "inadvertently" accuses Samantha of lying during the FBI's inheritance cheque of Hegseth.  

"It is important to enactment that Ms. Dietrich told each of this to the FBI connected December 30, 2024, but the FBI was incapable to corroborate her claims, which were past flatly refuted by Sam, the existent participant," helium said. 

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Scott slammed Democrats for obstructing the confirmation process.  (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

"There is nary ground to recognition this profoundly flawed and questionable affidavit, which was submitted astatine the 11th hr successful a wide and admitted partisan effort to derail Mr. Hegseth’s confirmation," the missive concluded. 

While Democrats were speedy to assertion the affidavit affirmed that Hegseth is not acceptable for the role, Republicans slammed them arsenic looking to obstruct the confirmation process. 

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"They're conscionable being the Democrats, being obstructionists," Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., told reporters. 

"They're conscionable they're conscionable trying to marque definite Trump doesn't person his medication squad enactment together. It's not bully for the American public. President Trump won the election. If helium won the electoral ballot by [a] important margin, they should halt being obstructionists," helium continued.