Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday that Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, promised to release the woman who accused him of sexual assault from a confidentiality agreement.

Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday said former Fox News host and Pentagon secretary nominee Pete Hegseth would soon release a woman who accused him of sexual assault from a non-disclosure agreement.“He told me he would release her from that agreement,

A statement from Hegseth’s lawyer obtained by the Washington Post said that Hegseth paid a woman who accused him of sexual assault as part of a nondisclosure agreement — but continued to deny the accusations that she made. Releasing the woman from the agreement would allow her to speak publicly.

Lindsey Graham described recent allegations against Pete Hegseth as “very disturbing.” One day later, the senator said largely the opposite.

Lindsey Graham (R-SC) made clear years ago he wanted Donald Trump to pick an FBI director who was “beyond reproach.” Now, in light of Trump’s choice of Kash Patel, his words have come to haunt him. The senator was faced with his past remarks on Sunday’s Meet the Press when moderator Kristen Welker played back his 2017 comments (conveniently,

Senator Lindsey Graham said that Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s defense secretary pick, promised to release his accuser from a settlement that his lawyer has said was already breached.

"He's given me his side of the story. It makes sense to me," he tells "Meet the Press" host Kristen Welker The post Sen. Lindsey Graham Says He Believes Pete Hegseth ‘Unless Somebody is Willing to Come Forward’ | Video appeared first on TheWrap.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said he thinks President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon, former Fox News host and veteran Pete Hegseth,” is “being tried by anonymous sources.” In an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,