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Pentagon pick left Guard after being reported as possible ‘insider threat’ due to tattoo

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Pete Hegseth was barred from protecting President Biden’s inauguration in 2021 after enlisted soldiers complained that Hegseth’s chest tattoo might signify that he was a white supremacist. The D.C. National Guard’s top legal affairs officer at the time tells The Washington Post it was an “overreaction” in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.



Source link : https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/11/16/pete-hegseth-tattoo-national-guard/

Author : Aaron Davis, Alex Horton, Dan Lamothe, Evan Hill

Publish date : 2024-11-17 01:19:50

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