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Jason Crow accuses Pete Hegseth of letting an adviser cash in on Pentagon promotions

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Now playing on All Clips Jason Crow accuses Pete Hegseth of letting an adviser cash in on Pentagon promotions Jason Crow197 plays Watch on Instagram · Transcript & source

On The Daily Beast Podcast, Jason Crow says Hegseth made a man who once worked for Donald Trump a Navy commander and special adviser, bypassing Senate confirmation and the White House personnel office. Crow says that, as far as he knows, the adviser had no security clearance at the time and kept his law practice open while representing officers up for promotion before Hegseth.

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Who
Jason Crow
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interview - The Daily Beast Podcast with Joanna Coles
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52 seconds, unedited within the cut
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used to work for Donald Trump, had a falling out with Donald Trump, was fired, they exchanged words. Pete Hegsess snatches this guy up and does a couple of things. One is he gives him an immediate promotion to Navy commander, right? Makes this guy a Navy commander and then points him as a special advisor. And by doing that, bypassed Senate confirmation process, bypassed the White House PPO, the presidential personnel office, so any vetting, any oversight, as far as I know, he did not at that point have a security clearance, makes him a senior advisor at the same time as this guy keeps his law practice open and is representing the very people who are up for promotion in front of Pete Hegseth. A direct monetization of the promotion process at the Pentagon.

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