Megyn Kelly issues withering assessment of Trump Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth

Megyn Kelly has issued a withering appraisal of Pete Hegseth amid reports helium allegedly sexually assaulted a pistillate successful 2017. 

Kelly, 54, who worked with Hegseth, present 44, astatine Fox News, joined the Charlie Kirk Show and gave her sentiment connected the allegations swirling around Donald Trump’s prime for Defense Secretary. 

When asked by Kirk astir the 'smear campaign' against Hegseth, Kelly, who said she's 'the reason' helium became a Fox News contributor, admitted that she doesn't 'recommend marrying' him.

'I'm gonna beryllium honest, similar looking astatine his marital history, it's not an illustration of fidelity. Ok, truthful I'm conscionable gonna beryllium honorable and admit that upfront. 

Despite that, the erstwhile NBC News anchor defended Hegseth - a seasoned of Iraq and Afghanistan with a fistful of subject medals, including 2 Bronze Stars. 

'However, having trouble successful one's idiosyncratic relationship, particularly aft having served 2 tours - which it's not uncommon for these combat vets to travel backmost and not beryllium capable to navigate their emotion lives each that good - is overmuch antithetic than being a rapist,' she added. 

Kelly past said that the woman's accusations against Hegseth allegedly assaulting her connected October 8 of that twelvemonth look suspicious to her. 

'And this woman's communicative smells terribly,' Kelly said arsenic she raised up a transcript of the constabulary study - covered successful post-it notes and highlighter markings - that she went implicit 'line by line.' 

It is that alleged battle – which ne'er resulted successful charges – that threatens Hegseth’s information for a spot successful Trump's cabinet. 

A constabulary study released this week by the City of Monterey, California, shows that a then-30-year-old pistillate was having champagne with co-workers portion connected a concern travel erstwhile things got 'fuzzy' and she abruptly ended up successful a country with Hegseth. 

Timothy Parlatore, a lawyer representing Hegseth, has admitted his lawsuit paid the pistillate for her soundlessness due to the fact that helium did not privation to suffer his job, portion astatine the aforesaid clip dismissing the allegations arsenic 'baseless' and tantamount to a 'successful extortion.' 

Along with Parlator, Kelly besides does not judge that the alleged battle took place, arsenic she warned that media sum connected these allegations volition not springiness radical the 'facts.' 

'You volition larn that they were unneurotic astatine immoderate league successful Monterey, backmost successful 2017, October, and that she's alleging that helium [Hegseth] whitethorn person fixed her a day rape cause and raped her, and that he's alleging it was consensual affair,' Kelly said. 

She added that a fewer years later, Hegseth paid her to enactment soundless aft she 'began to rattle his cage astir a imaginable suit against him.' 

Kelly past dove into the constabulary report, which she said placed the pistillate astatine a barroom with Hegseth, portion her hubby and children 'were down the edifice country hall.' 

Following the Republican women's league that night, 'others said she was flirting with him,' Kelly said. 

'She was touching his leg, etc. Flirting with him. That helium seemed to beryllium much focused connected a antithetic woman, not this one. That Pete would aboriginal archer the constabulary that helium ne'er had it arsenic a thought successful his caput that helium would hook up with this woman, who, seemingly helium didn't person immoderate involvement in,' Kelly said, referring to the report. 

The podcaster said that, according to the report, the pistillate past 'escorted' Hegseth retired of the barroom to spell backmost to his edifice country with him. 

'And astatine 1:30 successful the morning, she was seen connected videotape, which the constabulary reviewed and reported the pursuing facts about: She was fine, she wasn't stumbling,' Kelly said, adding that it was Hegseth who 'looked drunk.' 

She past elaborate an incidental wherever edifice information had to measurement successful aft 2 guests allegedly reported a 'fight retired by the pool,' arsenic they made a sound complaint. 

Kelly continued: 'Now, archetypal of all, that's wholly inappropriate. She told cops they were arguing implicit his attraction of women? What? You're expected to beryllium his handler for the league and you're getting into a idiosyncratic statement with him implicit his attraction of women?

Part of her occupation for the league was to marque definite Hegseth got retired of furniture the adjacent greeting successful clip to drawback his formation home. 

'So large and belligerent that edifice guests are calling security? You crossed your line. You're behaving inappropriately madam.' 

Kelly past noted that the pistillate and others astatine the barroom that nighttime said she had conscionable 1 solid of champagne, and that she 'was fine, she wasn't stumbling, she wasn't slurring.' 

'Pete was drunk. She was fine,' she added. 

Following the alleged incident, Hegseth and his accuser were past seen connected camera footage leaving the pool, backmost to the hotel, Kelly said, according to the constabulary report. 

'Their arms are locked similar a fellow and woman mightiness be. She's smiling, she does not look drunk,' Kelley said, adding that 4 witnesses 'laid eyes connected her' either successful idiosyncratic oregon connected video. 

'She goes backmost to her edifice room, sometime betwixt 1:30 and 2:00am. She is texting her hubby during this time. She sounds wholly good successful these texts, she does not dependable similar she is intoxicated oregon retired of her caput astatine all,' Kelley detailed. 

Kelly said, according to the report, that the texts betwixt the pistillate and her hubby past 'shut down' earlier the pistillate had an 'unaccounted play from 2am to 4am.' 

'The hubby calls her doubly during that clip period. The hubby gets retired of furniture to spell cheque the edifice bar, looking for his wife, wondering wherever the hellhole she is. There's no-one successful the barroom called "knuckles" successful the Hyatt Regency,' Kelly explained. 

The commentator said, according to the report, that the hubby past went backmost into his edifice country wherever helium tried to get successful interaction with her again earlier she yet arrived by 4am. 

'She's fine. She's not stumbling, she's not slurring,' Kelley said. 

'When was she drugged? When was she drugged? Did Pete get her backmost to the edifice room? Slip her a mickey astatine 2am, instrumentality vantage of her, and past astatine 4am got her backmost to her edifice room, wholly fine?' 

A ailment from an unnamed pistillate with extended cognition of the alleged rape sent to Trump's unit explained the communicative constabulary were told astatine the time. 

The memo sent by the different pistillate claimed she 'didn't retrieve thing until she was successful Hegseth's edifice country and past stumbling to find her edifice room'.

The six to 9 hours aft intervening successful Hegseth flirting with the different women were 'very hazy', the memo claimed.

When she returned home, she 'had a infinitesimal of hazy representation of being raped the nighttime before, and had a panic attack', the memo alleged.

That was erstwhile she went to the ER and had a rape kit taken that was affirmative for semen.

Local constabulary investigated the alleged intersexual battle involving Hegseth, that was reported 4 days later, the metropolis said.

No weapons were involved, according to the statement, but determination were injuries – 'contusions to the close thigh.'

Hegseth, who was divorced from his 2nd woman astatine the clip of the alleged rape, has not been charged successful immoderate transgression lawsuit oregon named arsenic a suspect successful immoderate civilian lawsuit.