Key senators receive Pete Hegseth’s FBI background check days out from confirmation hearing
Washington Just days before his confirmation hearing on Tuesday, two people with direct knowledge of the report claim that the top senators on the Armed Services Committee received an FBI background check on President-elect Donald Trump's choice to head the Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth, late Friday.
According to the two individuals, the report is solely in the possession of two senators: Ranking Member Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Chairman Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss.
Although Hegseth's background check does not necessary need to be reviewed by the 25-member committee in order to move forward with the nomination hearing, two committee sources who are acquainted with the procedure said it was unusual that the report took so long to reach the panel's senior members.
The FBI report may ...