Hegseth's Fox News colleagues have reacted to "white supremacist" accusations by a prominent civil rights attorney.

Hegseth paid a woman who accused him of sexual assault to head off the threat of a baseless lawsuit, according to his lawyer.

A lawyer for Hegseth said in a statement that he settled in December 2020 only because he feared his career would suffer if her allegations were made public.

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