Following the defense by Fox and Friends Weekend co-host Will Cain, former Fox News host Dan Bongino, current Fox contributor Piers Morgan and other Fox associates publicly defended President-elect Trump’s defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth against allegations of unprofessional drunkenness made by anonymous Fox staffers that was reported by NBC News on Tuesday.
The decorated Iraq and Afghan war veteran Hegseth’s nomination is facing withering fire as the establishment tries to derail Trump’s efforts to reform the corrupt defense industry.
The latest attack is from several anonymous Fox staffers who accused Hegesth of going on air with the smell of alcohol on his breath or of showing up hungover from a night of drinking for his early morning stint as a Fox and Friends Weekend co-host.
NBC News excerpt:
Pete Hegseth’s drinking worried colleagues at Fox News, sources tell NBC News
Ten current and former Fox employees say Trump’s pick for defense secretary drank in ways that concerned his co-workers. A Trump transition team spokesperson called the claims “completely unfounded and false.”
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, drank in ways that concerned his colleagues at Fox News, according to 10 current and former Fox employees