By now, you've probably heard of the saga surrounding Pete Hegseth.

After being nominated for the position of defense secretary by Donald Trump, liberals immediately brought back up the 2017 allegations that were made against Pete Hegseth.

The accuser, who has not been named publicly, alleges that Hegseth raped her in 2017 during a Republican conference at a hotel in California. She says that Hegseth raped her "after conference organizers went to the hotel bar after an after-party following that day’s events."

Accuser's story full of holes

It didn't take long for police to get suspicious that the accuser may have not been telling the truth, as her story didn't seem to line up with what witnesses and surveillance footage said happened.

The accuser claimed that "something may have been slipped into her drink, as she cannot remember most of the night’s events," but Breitbart writes that "surveillance video obtained by police showed she appeared coherent before and after the alleged incident, and she had 'locked arms' with Hegseth while smiling. An eyewitness also told police she saw the accuser flirting with Hegseth."

A worker in the hotel also said that she "saw the accuser putting her hand and arm on Hegseth’s back and leading him towards the direction of his hotel room shortly before the alleged rape occurred, and said that Hegseth was 'very intoxicated' but that she was not."

As a result of all of these revelations, Hegseth's lawyers have actually come out and claimed that Hegseth was the VICTIM in this situation, not the abuser.

Police report revelations

A Freedom of Information Act request recently made the 2017 police report go public, and it seemingly exonerated Hegseth almost instantly.

Breitbart highlights some of the more interesting points in the police report that show that Hegseth did not commit the crimes he is being accused of.

• The police report literally said that there was NO EVIDENCE of rape.

• Earlier in the day of the alleged rape, she texted her husband numerous times about Hegseth, including that the women at the conference were “freaking drooling over him,” and that, “He talks pretty tho.” As the night progressed, she stopped responding to her worried husband’s text messages.

• The accuser later told police that she remembered asking Hegseth if he had a condom.

• A hotel worker told police he received complaints at approximately 1:30 a.m. from two separate guests that a couple near the pool was causing a disturbance and being loud. The worker went to the pool, and said the accuser apologized for Hegseth’s actions and put her hand and arm on Hegseth’s back and walked him away from the pool area towards buildings 4 and 5 — where Hegseth’s room was located.

• The hotel worker said Hegseth was “very intoxicated” but the accuser was “standing on her own and was very coherent.”

• Hotel surveillance video showed the accuser and Hegseth leaving the hotel bar together at approximately 1:15 a.m., with locked arms and heading towards the pool.

• The same eyewitness said she saw the accuser the next morning and that she “did not seem any different and was her normal self.”

• Hegseth also said he did not remember being chastised for being too loud by the pool. He said he went back to his hotel room with the accuser, but was confused as to why she stayed in his room.

• He said “things progressed” between himself and the accuser and that the interaction was consensual. He said they would both stop and say, “we shouldn’t do this,” but things consensually continued. He also confirmed that she asked if he had a condom.

Sexual assault is no joke, and people who commit it should absolutely be held accountable. The problem in this situation is that liberals are making accusations despite the police report convincingly saying those things never happened.

Megyn Kelly spoke about what may have really happened that night.

"This smells like bullshit. All of this sounds much more consistent with a woman who had a booty call."

Hegseth's lawyer maintains that his client was actually the victim in this case.

"She took advantage of him. She led him. She was, by all accounts, both video and eyewitness, she was sober. He was drunk. She grabbed him. She took him to his room. She’s like walking arm-in-arm with him. And really putting it on, and she gets him into his room. And then the police honestly, when they looked at it, even though she was the one that reported it, when they looked at the video, they considered charging her," Hegseth's lawyer said on November 16, 2024.