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ProPublica Tried — and Failed — to Fact Check Whether Pete Hegseth Was Admitted to West Point

By Kristina Wong

 

ProPublica, a nonprofit news outlet that boasts digging deep into “important issues,” nearly published a false news story about Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth but was deterred after Hegseth sent them his letter of admission.

On Wednesday morning, Hegseth revealed on his X account that ProPublica was planning to publish a “knowingly false report” that he was not accepted to West Point in 1999, and he posted his letter of admission.

The editor of ProPublica, Jesse Eisenger, then claimed on X that they were not going to publish a story.

But Eisenger revealed that ProPublica had already planned to write one before even reaching out to Hegseth — based on statements from West Point which later turned out to be wrong…

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