Defense Secretary-nominee Pete Hegseth “has the backing of Senate Republicans,” and reports about questions concerning the FBI’s background investigation into him “are starkly and factually inaccurate,” Sen. Roger Wicker, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Wednesday night. 

“I have received three separate, detailed briefings on the FBI’s background investigation of Mr. Hegseth,” the Mississippi Republican posted on the committee’s X page. “After this thorough review, I am ironclad in my assessment that the nominee, Mr. Hegseth, is prepared to be the next Secretary of Defense, and that the allegations unfairly impugning his character do not pass scrutiny.”

He added that Pete Hegseth also has the confidence of President Donald Trump. 

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