Trump Pentagon pick had been flagged by fellow service member as possible 'Insider Threat'

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-16 15:10:42 | Updated at 2024-11-23 17:10:26 1 week ago

Trump Pentagon pick had been flagged by fellow service member as possible 'Insider Threat'
Channel 3000 News/AP ^ | November 16, 2024 | AP Bitter LOSERS

Posted on 11/16/2024 6:59:54 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin

Pete Hegseth, the Army National Guard veteran and Fox News host nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Defense, was flagged as a possible “Insider Threat” by a fellow service member due to a tattoo on his bicep that's associated with white supremacist groups.

Hegseth, who has downplayed the role of military members and veterans in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack and railed against the Pentagon’s subsequent efforts to address extremism in the ranks, has said he was pulled by his District of Columbia National Guard unit from guarding Joe Biden’s January 2021 inauguration. He's said he was unfairly identified as an extremist due to a cross tattoo on his chest.

This week, however, a fellow Guard member who was the unit’s security manager and on an anti-terrorism team at the time, shared with The Associated Press an email he sent to the unit’s leadership flagging a different tattoo reading “Deus Vult” that’s been used by white supremacists, concerned it was an indication of an “Insider Threat.”

If Hegseth assumes office, it would mean that someone who has said it's a sham that extremism is a problem in the military would oversee a sprawling department whose leadership reacted with alarm when people in tactical gear stormed up the U.S. Capitol steps on Jan. 6 in military-style stack formation. He's also shown support for members of the military accused of war crimes and criticized the military's justice system.

Hegseth and the Trump transition team did not respond to emails seeking comment.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election; hegseth; trump

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'Deus vult' is a Christian motto relating to Divine providence. It was first chanted by Catholics during the First Crusade in 1096 as a rallying cry, most likely under the form Deus le veult or Deus lo vult, as reported by the Gesta Francorum and the Historia Belli Sacri.

To: Diana in Wisconsin

How often can Liberals yell ‘WOLF’ and expect to be taken seriously!

Russia...Russia...Russia
Nazi
Fascist
Dictator
Threat to Democracy
Hitler
Enemy if the people....etc!

2 posted on 11/16/2024 7:01:43 AM PST by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)

To: Diana in Wisconsin

Which pick is not getting opposed? RFK isn’t pro-Life enough (amazing to see the MSM get behind that one!!), Tulsi is a Russian agent all of a sudden, Gaetz hasn’t been a lawyer long enough, now this...

3 posted on 11/16/2024 7:02:19 AM PST by Teacher317

To: Diana in Wisconsin

4 posted on 11/16/2024 7:03:38 AM PST by Pikachu_Dad

To: Diana in Wisconsin

More than likely, it was his fellow service member who were the threat. This crap about Hegseth is just more of the fascist crap vomited on America by the Marxist piggies. Stay the course. We can beat these bass turds at their own Marxist game.

5 posted on 11/16/2024 7:03:52 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Jamaicans Haitians and Indians used to run motels and 7-11s. Now,they run Congress and the judiciary)

To: Diana in Wisconsin

“...someone who has said it’s a sham that extremism is a problem in the military...”

It is a sham that extremism of the form this author is wetting the bed about is a problem in the military.

Other forms of extremism maybe being a problem? Now we’re talking.

To: Teacher317

What did you expect.

Media was non-stop attacking Trump.

Now they moved on to his nominees !

7 posted on 11/16/2024 7:04:29 AM PST by Pikachu_Dad

To: Diana in Wisconsin

Hegseth is an "inside threat" to the DEI/Diversity-determined DOD and military.

They drummed him out because of his loyalty to merit and the Constitution.

8 posted on 11/16/2024 7:06:38 AM PST by RoosterRedux (Emerson paraphrased, "If you strike at the king, don't fail." They failed. )

To: Pikachu_Dad

I looked up “Deus Vult” and it seems that ONLY the Leftist Media has their collective panties in a wad.

To me that means that the pick of Pete Hegseth as Sec Def is SPOT ON!!!

9 posted on 11/16/2024 7:10:29 AM PST by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)

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