Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Pentagon, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that he paid $50,000 as part of a confidentiality agreement to a woman who alleged he ...

Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth paid his sexual assault accuser $50,000 in a settlement agreement with the woman, identified only as Jane Doe, according to a source familiar with the matter.

The new information came in response to additional questions posed to Hegseth by Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

The woman alleged Hegseth sexually assaulted her after he prevented her from leaving a hotel room. Hegseth said the encounter was consensual. No charges were filed against him. The City of ...

Elizabeth Warren that he paid $50,000 to a woman who accused him of sexually ... with SiriusXM's "The Megyn Kelly Show," Hegseth said he paid his accuser "because I had to — or at least I ...

Hegseth has said the encounter ... said investigators did not speak to the accuser. A police report previously obtained by ABC News, stated that a woman -- who is identified only as Jane Doe ...

The then 30-year-old woman was a staffer for a California Republican group. Hegseth's accuser said she met the former Fox News host when he was a keynote speaker at a Republican women's conference.

Tim Kaine, D-Va., noted that, while Hegseth maintains it was consensual, he has acknowledged a sexual encounter with the woman accusing him of sexual assault at a time when he was still married ...

Her vote is about ideology, too — an ideology that is at odds with women’s liberation. Ernst would not even meet with Hegseth’s accuser. If women are liars, to be attacked or ignored ...

Hegseth’s attorney Tim Parlatore confirmed to CNN in November that his client had paid the accuser years after the ... a conference held by a Republican women’s group, workplace behavior ...