Drunken Hegseth was questioned by Fox News HR for “disrupting” the Christmas party

Pete Hegseth was involved in a “disturbance.” Fox & friends According to a bombshell new report, the Christmas party was thrown after his lover’s husband showed up to the gathering uninvited.

After the incident, Fox News human resources was called in and spoke to Hegseth about it, an unnamed source said The New York Times.

The latest revelation came as Hegseth battled to save his nomination as Donald Trump’s defense secretary amid speculation over allegations of infidelity, heavy drinking and allegations of sexual assault.

The Christmas party was held at a New York bowling alley in 2016, when he was married to his second wife, Samantha Deering, the mother of three of his children. At the time, he was reportedly having an affair with television producer Jennifer Rauchet after they met during filming Fox & friends.

According to the JustHegseth had been drinking and was “upset” when Rauchet’s husband showed up at the festivities that were supposed to be reserved for Fox News employees.

Rauchet was later transferred to another equivalent job at Fox News after the couple revealed their relationship. She had a baby with Hegseth in August 2017 and the couple married in 2019.

The Just also reported that at a Fox News producer’s wedding the following December, Hegseth was so drunk that he had a hard time standing in the men’s room, and his friends asked another producer to arrange a ride home so he could get it back on Set could manage morning show until 6am the next morning.

In a separate report the Washington Post quoted two unnamed former colleagues as saying that Hegseth drank a number of warm beers used in a St. Patrick’s Day holiday segment Fox & Friends weekend after the show aired at 10 a.m

Hegseth’s attorney, Timothy Parlatore, told the Daily Beast: “These are all false anonymous claims that were debunked by people who were actually there and weren’t hiding behind anonymity.”

The Daily Beast has reached out to Fox News for comment.

Hegseth, a decorated Army veteran, said his drinking never became a problem, and his attorney insists that a 2017 incident in Monterey, California, that led to a sexual assault complaint stemmed from a consensual encounter .

The Trump voter told Megyn Kelly in an interview that the stories were part of a media “smear campaign.”