On any of the donation threads where it came up and he replied to it, the most he ever did was some half hearted corporate PR “apology” (ironic)

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    23 hours ago

    Is that an extreme example or did he really rape someone?

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      17 hours ago

      https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25362284-hegseth-police-report/

      https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-sex-assault-payment-trump-6674cc8cfee654c374725948e01ff666

      As with all things legal in nature, he raped someone in the lay sense of the word. Legally speaking, he was accused and investigated for sexual assault, with law enforcement finding sufficient grounds to forward the case to prosecutors, who declined to press charges due to lack of sufficient evidence. He later paid the woman $50,000 not to sue in civil court.

      What’s insufficient for the courts is more than enough to justify calling him a rapist, particularly since the police usually decline to refer rape cases to prosecutors at all, when they’re even reported to police in an investigative capacity.

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        6 hours ago

        Maybe people should mention this instead of whether he drinks or not then? I’m sure you mention it though, so I don’t mean to imply you don’t.