Tom Cotton calls on West Point to investigate reports it lied to the press

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Posted on 12/11/2024 8:29:58 PM PST by bitt

West Point said the discrepancy on Hegseth's relationship with the school was because of an "administrative error" but that a further review confirmed that he was accepted into West Point in 1999, but did not attend the university.

Republican Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton on Wednesday called for the U.S. Military Academy at West Point to conduct an internal investigation into allegations that it repeatedly lied to a member of the press about Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth.

A reporter at ProPublica claimed that an official at the school told them on the record twice that Hegseth was never accepted into the military academy, and had lied about his relationship with the school. Hegseth claimed that he was accepted to the school, but did not attend, which the academy has since confirmed.

ProPublica decided not to run the story after Hegseth posted a photo of his acceptance letter, but conservatives, including Cotton, have questioned why the left-leaning publication did not do a report on the mistakes that the school made.

“Officials at the U.S. Military Academy should not be feeding lies to left-wing reporters about President Trump’s nominees,” Cotton posted on X. “West Point needs to thoroughly investigate this egregiously bad judgement and potential violation of the Privacy Act immediately.”

Cotton also shared a copy of the letter he sent West Point Superintendent Lieutenant General Steven W. Gilland, which claimed the error could have violated the 1974 Privacy Act for revealing personal information about the former Fox anchor.

Vice President-elect JD Vance, who is also a senator, targeted the ProPublica reporter, accusing them of failing to report the "actual story" of being lied to.

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