Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., told Newsmax on Wednesday that Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Pentagon, deserves “a chance to explain some of these new allegations” against him.

Hegseth was set to meet with Republicans on Wednesday after a report from NBC News released the day before claiming that his colleagues at Fox News expressed concerns about his drinking habits. In an interview on Wednesday morning, Hegseth said that he “never had a drinking problem” and claimed that the employees who spoke to the news network were “disgruntled.” 

Lummis said in an exclusive interview with Newsmax congressional correspondent Kilmeny Duchardt that she and Hegseth “didn’t discuss the new allegations” when they met last week.

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