He has slammed media coverage of the allegations as "fake" and "BS" and has said he will not "back down ... He didn't say whether he would support Hegseth's nomination, though.

“Pete starts out with things that he says he knows is wrong with ... him to either block or push through Hegseth’s nomination, but added he won’t consider the allegations against things ...

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) didn’t rule out Pete Hegseth and Kash Patel, President-elect Trump’s picks for Defense secretary and head of the FBI, respectively, as nominees for their roles in ...