First on the fox: Senator Thom Tillis, RN.C., whose voice has conceived the confirmation of the Minister of Defense of the Fifth Hegseth last month, opened the effort to substantiate itself at the last moment of the allegation against the President Donald Trump candidate.
“Whenever you have a claim and someone is ready to put it in oath, you owe the procedure to review it, not just put it out of your hand,” North Carolina The Republican said in an interview with Fox News Digital.
“And I just did it. And then I came to the conclusion that I would support Pete’s nomination”
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Senator Thom Tillis went through his thought process in hours that led to the confirmation of Pete Hegseth’s Defense Minister. (Reuters)
Hegsetth was confirmed after a voting about piercing Vice President JD Vance, making the final margin 51-50.
Three Republicans-Senators Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alash, voted against Hegsetha.
Given most of the Republican conference 53 seats, the nominees can only afford three votes, assuming that all democrats are opposed and each senator is present.
Tillis’s decision on whether to support Hegsetth was not published just minutes before he gave his voice. If he had become a fourth Republican who opposed Hegseth, the confirmation would have succeeded.
The senator asked Hegseth some additional questions after new charges emerged and hours until the vote of the certificate was withdrawn.
The letter of response of the candidate, which turned out to be Tillis’ pleasure, was shared by Hegsetth during voting.
Speaking on the topic with Fox News Digital, the senator explained that he “developed a reputation to complete the depth audit” and take his role seriously.
According to Tillis, he agreed to talk to Hegset’s former sister Danielle, before she submitted an oath of statement claiming that her ex -wife Samantha was fear of her safety, with claims of alcohol abuse.
Danielle is not the sister of Hegseth’s ex -wife. She is the ex -wife of his brother.
The call between the senators and Danielle spoke of “what would conceptually be in a statement,” Tillis said.
“And I said,” If this is true, and that could be confirmed, then that would have a weight, “Tillis recalled.
However, he said that the lack of confirmation left allegations without credibility.
“I could never talk directly to a person who could confirm one person’s testimony,” he said.
Tillis spoke to Hegseth’s confirmation with his voice. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
After Hegseth’s certificate, it was announced that the sources said that Tillis “personally assured Danielle that if he made a statement, it would be significant and that he could persuade the Republicans to oppose the candidate for the Minister of Defense, said Wall Street Journal.
Asked about the report, Tillis stressed that he warned that he had to substantiate himself in his conversation with Danielle.
“Confirmation means that at least two people have to be included and have to be involved in the event, not a passerby. And I wasn’t able to do it. I tried to do it, but I wasn’t able to get to that point. And ,, therefore I had to bring The same judgment as the other allegations, “he explained.
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Hegsetth swore to shortly after being confirmed. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
Tillis would not reveal if Danielle or her lawyer suggested that she witnessed alleged events.
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“I will not go into these discussions because I know that my conversation leaked a few hours after I had it on Sunday. Clearly, I would have no reason to do so. But I don’t miss private conversations.
Multiple demands for comment on Danielle’s lawyers, Leita Walker, from Fox News Digital, remained unanswered.
