Trump's Pentagon pick paid woman after sex assault allegation but denies wrongdoing, his lawyer says
The lawyer for Pete Hegseth says that Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary paid a woman who accused him of sexual assault to head off the threat of a baseless lawsuit
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