WATCH: Sen. Kelly questions Hegseth about lack of transparency on personal troubles Kelly is a total asshole

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., questioned defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth in a confirmation hearing Tuesday held by the Senate Committee on Armed Services.

"Few nominees come into this room with all the necessary experience to do this job, to be secretary of defense. We get that. It's a reflection on just how big of a job this is,” Kelly said. “What I want to understand is whether or not you bring any of the necessary experience that this job requires.”

Kelly noted that while Hegseth has admitted to personal character issues in the past, he hasn’t specified what those personal challenges are. The senator then detailed a number of alleged problematic professional incidents and asked Hegseth to respond to each one. Hegseth characterized each as “anonymous smear.”

Hegseth is a military veteran and conservative media personality. President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary has faced allegations of sexual misconduct and excessive drinking, and been criticized as a nominee for his controversial views on diversity and religion in the military.

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https://youtu.be/JG7Wqqcjt3w?si=GNZN56ukn50Mf_4Q

September 14, 2021

A Plane, Mark Kelly, A Defense Contractor, and An Alleged Felon

Press Releases Mark Kelly

Washington, D.C. – What might sound like a riddle is simply another day in the Arizona Senate race. In this case, a new report reveals how Mark Kelly flies himself across Arizona in a rented plane.It is not so much Mark Kelly’s flight log that raises eyebrows, it’s the plane itself.

Mark Kelly rents a plane through Tucson-based Newton Consulting & Engineering, Inc (NCE), a defense contractor that needs approval from Mark Kelly’s Senate Armed Services Committee to potentially win more Pentagon contracts. But NCE does not own this plane; they serve as a third party for the plane’s owner to lease it out to other pilots.

According to this report, Mark Kelly is flying across Arizona visiting constituents in a plane owned by Dr. Sheldon Gingerich, an alleged felon facing “31 counts of unlawful distributions of controlled substances” for writing “sham prescriptions for oxycodone, morphine, hydrocodone, and fentanyl.”

A “wacky” story, indeed.

Statement from NRSC Spokeswoman Katharine Cooksey: “Of all of the planes to rent in Arizona, it is unsurprising that Mark Kelly chose to rent a plane that blurs ethical linesand links him to a doctor that allegedly has fueled the opioid epidemic.

Kelly’s entire political career is marked by shameless corruption – first with the Chinese Communist Party and Harvey Weinstein, and now with alleged felons and defense contractors he oversees. Mark Kelly’s shady ties are exactly what happens when you prioritize D.C. special interest groups over delivering for Arizonans.”

https://www.nrsc.org/press-releases/a-plane-mark-kelly-a-defense-contractor-and-an-alleged-felon-2021-09-14/

WATCH: Sen. Kaine questions Hegseth about infidelity and assault allegation in hearingIt's always the corrupt one that ask questions like this.

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Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., questioned defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth in a confirmation hearing Tuesday held by the Senate Committee on Armed Services.

Kaine asked Hegseth about his infidelities, as well as allegations of sexual assault and domestic violence, and whether or not he had disclosed them to President-elect Donald Trump's transition team.

“You've taken an oath, like you would take an oath to be secretary of defense, in all of your weddings to be faithful to your wife. Is that correct?” Kaine asked. Hegseth has been married three times, and has acknowledged he fathered a child out of wedlock. His mother also accused him of abusing women in a 2018 email, though she said later she regretted writing it.

“I have failed in things in my life, and thankfully, I'm redeemed by my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,” Hegseth said on Tuesday.

Hegseth is a military veteran and conservative media personality. Trump’s pick for defense secretary has faced allegations of sexual misconduct and excessive drinking, and been criticized as a nominee for his controversial views on diversity and religion in the military.

https://youtu.be/jE8XEbjDbtg?si=5Lr00yFujxMuYk4G

I went through 10 pages of the internet and they have all been scrubbed of any negative article on Kaine, he has crammed it with almost all Kaine articles and comments, his senate website, his tweets, basically nothing. Propublica cleansed all reporting on senators, and they have no articles on him, although they did an article about his money, etc. etc. etc. I've never seen a webpage with absolutely nothing detrimental on anyone.

https://search.brave.com/search?q=Senator%20Kaine%20corruption&offset=5&spellcheck=0

>>22354809

Kaine is the same cunt, and holier than thou

WATCH: Sen. Shaheen asks Hegseth why women in the military would trust himShe's repeating what Warren and others have said. this is tiresome.

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Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., questioned defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth about his stance on women in the military and suggested he had changed his position on the subject because he was facing scrutiny ahead of his Tuesday confirmation hearing.

“As recently as Nov. 7 of 2024, on the Shawn Ryan Show, you said, “I'm straight up saying that we should not have women in combat roles. It hasn't made us more effective,'" Shaheen said.

Hegseth responded that he appreciated the service of women but said "it’s not about the capabilities of men or women, it's about standards." He added that women "make amazing contributions across all aspects of our battlefield."

Shaheen said this contradicted Hegseth’s earlier statements.

“Why should women in our military, if you were the secretary of defense, believe that they would have a fair shot and an equal opportunity to rise through the ranks. If, on the one hand, you say that women are not competent, they make our military less effective, and on the other hand, you say, 'Oh no, now that I've been nominated to be the secretary of defense, I've changed my view on women in the military.'"

Hegseth is a military veteran and conservative media personality. President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary has faced allegations of sexual misconduct and excessive drinking, and been criticized as a nominee for his controversial views on diversity and religion in the military.

https://youtu.be/fFthDg2Bv9U?si=YMQAjp4Q-LRUQLJ8

Small portion of the actual questions from Sheehy

Eric Daugherty

@EricLDaugh

SENATOR TIM SHEEHY:How many genders are there?

HEGSETH: Two.

SHEEHY:I know that well, I'm a "she-he (Sheehy)." What is the diameter of a rifle round fired out of an M4A1?

HEGSETH: 5.56.

SHEEHY:How many pushups can you do?

HEGSETH: I did 5 sets of 47 this morning.

SHEEHY:Most important strategic base is in the Pacific?

HEGSETH: Guam.

SHEEHY: How many rounds of 5.56 can you fit into the magazine of an M4 rifle?

HEGSETH: Standard issue is 30.

SHEEHY: What size round is the M9 Beretta standard issue sidearm for the military?

HEGSETH: 9mm.

SHEEHY: What kind of batteries do you put in your night vision goggle?

HEGSETH: Duracell.

SHEEHY: You represent what warfighters deal with every day on the battlefield. You understand them. What happens is - decisions made in rooms like this cause d*ad 17, 18, 19-year-old Americans. Your priority is warfighters. I support you.

https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1879239141721829595

Steve Bannon On How Democrats Questioning Of Pete Hegseth Is Part Of A Coordinated Narrative Spin

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>>22354904

The good news is Pete the warrior got to go first, so all the others can study the attackand come up with a strategy to not bend to the assholes.

More Lawfare In NY? Judge Engoron Removed From Trump Case, Reassigned Hours Later

Staff WriterJanuary 10, 2025

In an eyebrow-raising move yesterday,Judge Arthur Engoron was reassigned to the Trump property valuation case after being removed only hours before. In a matter of four curious hours, the embattledjudge was anonymously taken off the much-maligned case, and then put back on it just as mysteriously.

Engoron came under fire for the appearance of bias as far back as 2023, when Rep. Elise Stefanik filed an ethics complaint against him for "weaponized lawfare". From a Fox News article that same year:

Engoron has exhibited “clear judicial bias” against Trump, including by telling Trump’s attorney that the former president is “just a bad guy” whom New York Attorney General Letitia James “should go after,” Stefanik, R-N.Y., said in a letter to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct.

She said the judge has failed to honor Trump’s due process rights, concerns that she said are exacerbated by the former president’s position as the front-runner for the presidential nomination. Engoron is presiding over a bench trial in the $250 million lawsuit, meaning the judge will also determine guilt and any penalties in the case. The suit, filed by James last year, accuses Trump of inflating asset values for financial gain. Trump testified angrily on Monday in the high-stakes case and has complained and clashed with the judge for weeks.

As those who followed the case will recall, Engoron issued a series of gag orders in an attempt to muzzle Trump speaking out about apparent impropriety in the handling of his case. Trump accused Engoron's law clerk, Allison Greenfield, of influencing the case inappropriately. He referred to her as "[Chuck] Schumer's girlfriend" on social media.

Greenfield was seen whispering repeatedly to Engoron during court proceedings. Engoron himself was lampooned in conservative media for posing for the press cameras during the early days of the case, seemingly relishing his role as part of the left's efforts to derail Trump's bid for a second presidential term.

The decision to remove and then replace Engoron was done behind closed doors, with no attribution given–reports refer only to "automated messages" that resulted in the swap. The move has garnered considerable ire online among Trump supporters, and unsurprisingly so, given the barrage of questionable legal maneuvering in the Southern District over the past four years in regards to Trump.

In other Trump legal news, the president-elect is scheduled to be sentenced in another highly questionable case brought by New York by Judge Juan Merchan. Merchan also issued a gag order when Trump correctly stated that the judge's daughter heads a PR firm that promotes Democrat political campaigns, going so far as using the Merchan case as fodder for donations to pols such as Sen. Adam Schiff.

Loren Merchan, who heads Authentic Campaigns, raised a reported $93 million for her clients based on the case presided over by her father, himself a Democratic donor.

https://themanhattan.press/2025/01/10/more-lawfare-in-ny-judge-engoron-removed-from-trump-case-reassigned-hours-later/

Did anyone know this was ongoing?Posting FOX article after this.

https://x.com/PaTrumpGirl/status/1877671850223784333

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Court names new judge in Trump civil fraud case before reassigning previous judge hours later

Judge Arthur Engoron, accused of bias by Trump's legal team, had presided over the case

By Brooke Singman Fox News January 9, 2025 8:22pm EST

Fox News contributor Jonathan Turley joins 'Fox & Friends' to discuss former President Trump's options on the deadline for his $454 million bond.

FIRST ON FOX: A New York Courtassigned a new judgeto preside over the civil fraud case against President-elect Trump brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, seemingly replacing Judge Arthur Engoron, but hours later, the court put him back on the case, sources close to Trump's legal team told Fox News Digital.

The case and the trial were handled by Judge Arthur Engoron, who was accused by Trump allies of acting with bias against the president-elect, his family and his company.

Sources familiar told Fox News Digital the court sent out an automated email at around 12:45pm on Thursday, notifying the parties that it had assigned New York County Supreme Court Justice Judith McMahon of Staten Island== to the case. But several hours later, at 4:12pm, attorneys on the case received another automated message from the court system notifying them that Judge Arthur Engoron was assigned back to the case.

A source close to Trump's legal team told Fox News Digital that they are concerned with the back-and-forth.The case is pending on appeal. After the appeals court issues its decision, the case will be remanded to a lower court, which Engoron presided over during the trial.

Engoron, after a weeks-long non-jury civil fraud trial that began in October 2023, ruled last year that Trump and defendants were liable for "persistent and repeated fraud," "falsifying business records," "issuing false financial statements," "conspiracy to falsify false financial statements," "insurance fraud," and "conspiracy to commit insurance fraud."

But before the trial began, Engoron issued a summary judgment against Trump,making the subsequent trial a case over the penalty to be paid.

Notably, during the case, Engoron allowed the value of Trump's Mar-a-Lago to be listed at $18 million. President Trump disputes that valuation, saying the property is worth 50 to 100 times more than Engoron's estimation. And real estate insiders and developers argued the property could list at more than $300 million.

In his ruling in the case last year,Engoron took a shot at Trump, criticizing him for his participation in the trial, stating that he "rarely responded to the questions asked, and he frequently interjected long, irrelevant speeches on issues far beyond the scope of the trial."

"His refusal to answer the questions directly, or in some cases, at all, severely compromised his credibility," Engoron wrote. Over the course of the trial late last year, Trump, Trump allies, Republicans and legal experts repeatedly criticized Engoron, who throughout his career has exclusively donated to Democrats, over his handling of the case.Engoron is also reportedly subject to a probe over unsolicited advice he received on the case.

Trump and his family denied any wrongdoing, with the former president saying his assets had been undervalued. Trump's legal team insisted that his financial statements had disclaimers and made it clear to banks that they should conduct their own assessments. Trump appealed the $454 million judgment.The appeal is pending before the New York Appeals Court.

Judges on the New York appeals court appeared receptive last year to the possibility of reversing or reducing the $454 million civil fraud judgment.

The president’s attorneyscalled Engoron’s ruling "draconian, unlawful, and unconstitutional."Trump attorney D. John Sauer, the incoming solicitor general, argued that James’ lawsuit stretched New York consumer protection laws and said there were "no victims" and "no complaints" about Trump’s business from lenders and insurers.

Sauer said the case "involves a clear-cut violation of the statute of limitations," pointing to transactions used in the non-jury civil fraud trial that dated back more than a decade.Sauer said if the verdict is not overturned, "people can’t do business in real estate" without fear.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-york-court-assigns-new-judge-trump-civil-fraud-case-stemming-from-ag-letitia-james-probe