The attorney for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s defense secretary pick, told the New York Post on Sunday that the former Fox News host had to pay off an accuser during the #MeToo movement to keep her silent.

The unidentified woman accused Hegseth of sexual assault. He maintains their encounter was consensual, according to his attorney, Timothy Parlatore.

“Basically, he was totally innocent. He did nothing wrong here,” Parlatore said. “We went through a mediation and ultimately settled for far less than what she wanted. And that should have completely buried it.”

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