At a congressional hearing, Jason Crow asks Hegseth whether his special adviser held a security clearance when appointed. Hegseth says he'd "have to check" and accuses Crow of "playing a gotcha game." Crow says the adviser keeps a private law practice, and Hegseth says he doesn't know whether that practice represents foreign governments or foreign persons.
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- Jason Crow
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He didn't maintain a security clearance when you appointed him as special advisor, is that right? I'd have to check. You don't know? I mean, anybody that has access to sensitive material is going to have the appropriate clearance. Okay, so when you appointed him as special advisor, he had a security clearance? I don't, you're trying to piece together a time limit that I can't give you exactly No, I'm asking a simple question. What are your special, most sensitive advisors? Did he have a security clearance? No, you're playing a gotcha game like you do on TV and everywhere else. You're trying to thread together details that are connected about something else. Clearly, you're concerned about my line of questioning, aren't you, Mr. Secretary? Because you know where it's going, don't you? I think you do. So does Mr. Parliamentary represent foreign governments? He has a private law practice. Does he not? From what I understand of his law practice, it does a lot of great work for service members in the military and other. He maintains a private law practice. Does he represent foreign governments or foreign persons in that private law practice? I don't know. You don't know.
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