REPORT: Pete Hegseth’s lawyer, and Sen. Cotton, slam West Point for sharing false info

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From the New York Post: Pete Hegseth’s lawyer and Sen. Tom Cotton slammed West Point on Wednesday for falsely claiming the defense secretary-designate was never accepted into the nation’s top military academy — in potential violation of federal privacy laws, according to letters exclusively obtained by The Post.

Attorney Tim Parlatore and Cotton (R-Ark.) fired off a pair of letters to the US Military Academy’s superintendent, expressing concern that a public affairs officer shared “false information” with a journalist that could have blocked President-elect Donald Trump’s defense pick from confirmation.

“Not only did Mr. Hegseth apply, but he was accepted as a prospective member of the class of 2003,” Parlatore said in a letter to West Point Superintendent Lt. Gen. Steven Gilland, disclosing a copy later tweeted by his client of the offer of admission in 1999.

“The use of false statements to influence or damage a political nominee’s reputation is particularly concerning, as it may interfere with the democratic process and the fair consideration of candidate for public office,” he added.

Sharing a copy of two documents, Hegseth announced Wednesday, “We understand that ProPublica (the Left Wing hack group) is planning to publish a knowingly false report that I was not accepted to West Point in 1999.

“Here’s my letter of acceptance signed by West Point Superintendent, Lieutenant General Daniel Christman, US Army.”

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) fired off a scathing letter to West Point, demanding answers.

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

West Point later admitted they made a “mistake,” and released the following statement:

“A review of our records indicates Peter Hegseth was offered admission to West Point in 1999 but did not attend. An incorrect statement involving Hegseth’s admission to the U.S. Military Academy was released by an employee on Dec. 10, 2024.

“Upon further review of an archived database, employees realized this statement was in error. Hegseth was offered acceptance to West Point as a prospective member of the Class of 2003. The academy takes this situation seriously and apologizes for this administrative error.”

Iraq war veteran and Turning Point USA speaker Rob Smith responded, “Leftist billionaires fund “journalistic” outlets like @propublica. Then, mainstream media hacks like @msnbc, etc. “report” on the hack “reporting” to give it a sheen of authenticity. That’s the game. Pete just killed an entire “news” cycle with: the truth.”

Fox News analyst Gianno Caldwell commented, “The smear is NOT surprising. They will stop at nothing to prevent a good man from the role American desperately needs him in 🇺🇸.”

Libs of TikTok wrote, “This is a pretty big scandal. West Point lied and said Hegseth hadn’t even applied when a journo reached out asking about Hegseth’s acceptance. Hegseth responded to the journo with evidence of his acceptance so they didn’t publish. They didn’t either publish that West Point lied.”

“Now West Point is saying it was a mistake and they didn’t properly search their records. How does such a high profile damning “mistake” happen? Why didn’t the “journalist” publish this scandal of West Point lying? (Important story!) Is someone at West Point purposely trying to sabotage Pete Hegseth?”

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