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(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) " title="Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense, speaks with reporters after meeting with senators on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, in Washington. 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(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) </figcaption> </figure> <div class="meta"><div class="coauthor-avatar-container"><div class="byline">By <a href="https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/author/associated-press/" title="Posts by Associated Press" class=" author-name" rel="author">Associated Press</a> | <a href="mailto:ap@dfmdev.com">ap@dfmdev.com</a></div><div class="time">UPDATED: <time datetime="2024-11-21 16:33:36">November 21, 2024 at 4:33 PM PST</time></div></div></div></div><div class="article-body"><div class="body-copy"><div class="wp-remixd-voice-wrapper"><script type="text/javascript" id="remixd-audio-player-script" src="https://tags.remixd.com/player/v5/index.js?cb=%%CACHEBUSTER%%" charset="utf-8" async></script></div><p><strong>By MARY CLARE JALONICK, STEPHEN GROVES and KEVIN FREKING</strong><p>WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump">Donald Trump’s</a> allies on Capitol Hill rallied around <a href="https://apnews.com/article/who-is-pete-hegseth-trump-defense-secretary-2e2bdd16c8e90f5d037f763cfadbde94">Pete Hegseth</a>, Trump’s Pentagon pick, on Thursday even as <a href="https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-assault-allegations-police-report-trump-e6ebec0a1a5c7fb51cb5e2198f5e12a5">new details surfaced about allegations</a> that he had sexually assaulted a woman in 2017.</p><p>The GOP embrace of Hegseth came as another controversial Trump nominee, Matt Gaetz, withdrew from consideration for attorney general. Gaetz said it was clear he had become a “distraction” amid pressure on the House to release an ethics report about allegations of his own sexual misconduct. An attorney for two women has said that his clients told House Ethics Committee investigators that Gaetz paid them for sex on multiple occasions beginning in 2017, when Gaetz was a Florida congressman.</p><p>Fresh questions over the two nominees’ pasts, and their treatment of women, arose with Republicans under pressure from Trump and his allies to quickly confirm his Cabinet. At the same time, his transition has so far balked at the vetting and background checks that have traditionally been required.</p><p>While few Republican senators have publicly criticized any of Trump’s nominees, it became clear after Gaetz’s withdrawal that many had been harboring private concerns about him. Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin, who served with Gaetz in the House, said it was a “positive move.” Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker said it was a “positive development.” Maine Sen. Susan Collins said Gaetz “put country first and I am pleased with his decision.”</p><p>After meeting with Hegseth, though, Republicans rallied around him. “I think he’s going to be in pretty good shape,” said Wicker, who is expected to chair the Senate Armed Services Committee in the next Congress.</p><script id="11982501ceb44352bd1e95848c612274"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=8b64ff35-2d21-481e-88ae-8562dded85bd&cid=1ffe15d6-eb53-11e9-b4d2-06948452ae1a'; cnx.cmd.push( function() { cnx( { playerId: "8b64ff35-2d21-481e-88ae-8562dded85bd" } ).render( "11982501ceb44352bd1e95848c612274" ); } );</script><p>Republican senators’ careful words, and their early reluctance to publicly question Trump’s picks, illustrated not only their fear of retribution from the incoming president but also some of their hopes that the confirmation process can proceed normally, with proper vetting and background checks that could potentially disqualify problematic nominees earlier. Gaetz withdrew after meeting with senators on Wednesday.</p><p>Sen. Thom Tillis said Gaetz was “in a pressure cooker” when he decided to withdraw, but suggested that it would have little bearing on Trump’s other nominees. “Transactions — one at a time,” he said.</p><div class="dfp-ad dfp-cube_article" id="div-gpt-ad-cube_article" style="visibility:hidden"> <div class="htlad-cube_article" data-unit="sandiegouniontribune.com/news/national-politics/cube_article" data-targeting=""></div> </div><p>As the Hegseth nomination proceeds, Republicans also appear to be betting that they won’t face much backlash for publicly setting aside the allegations of sexual misconduct — especially after Trump won election after being found liable for sexual abuse last year.</p><p>Hegseth held a round of private meetings alongside incoming Vice President <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/jd-vance">JD Vance</a> on Thursday in an attempt to shore up support and told reporters afterward: “The matter was fully investigated and I was completely cleared, and that’s where I’m gonna leave it.”</p><p>A 22-page police report report <a href="https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-assault-allegations-police-report-trump-e6ebec0a1a5c7fb51cb5e2198f5e12a5">made public</a> late Wednesday offered the first detailed account of the allegations against him. A woman told police that she was sexually assaulted in 2017 by Hegseth after he took her phone, blocked the door to a California hotel room and refused to let her leave. The report cited police interviews with the alleged victim, a nurse who treated her, a hotel staffer, another woman at the event and Hegseth.</p><p>Hegseth’s lawyer, Timothy Palatore, said the incident was “fully investigated and police found the allegations to be false.” Hegseth <a href="https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-sexual-assault-allegations-trump-defense-secretary-677b2df5859a338feac4714c60ef369d">paid the woman in 2023 as part of a confidential settlement to head off</a> the threat of what he described as a baseless lawsuit, Palatore has said.</p><p>Wicker played down the allegations against Hegseth, a former Fox News host, saying that “since no charges were brought from the authorities, we only have press reports.”</p><p>Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., said after his meeting with Hegseth that he “shared with him the fact that I was saddened by the attacks that are coming his way.”</p><p>Hagerty dismissed the allegations as “a he-said, she-said thing” and called it a “shame” that they were being raised at all.</p><p>The senator said attention should instead be focused on the Defense Department that Hegseth would head. It’s one of the most complex parts of the federal government with more than 3 million employees, including military service members and civilians. Sexual assault has been a persistent problem in the military, though <a href="https://apnews.com/article/sexual-assault-reports-us-military-academies-1db318acce38e6294c1f1f095ae3797f">Pentagon officials have been cautiously optimistic</a> they are seeing a decline <a href="https://apnews.com/article/military-sexual-assault-report-336323b194a1de1dea25e2885fdcc396">in reported sexual assaults</a> among active-duty service members and the military academies.</p><p>Wyoming Sen. 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