And if that doesn't work, he abuses his power to intimidate people and with the consent of Republicans in the United States Senate, he has surrounded himself with people like The Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, who will do whatever [Trump] says with no question, no matter what. Trump and Hegseth care more about publicity than they do about the rule of law. That's how I ended up finding out, via a tweet, that the Secretary of Defense was ordering an investigation into me. (04:39–04:48)
CLAIM
Asserts that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth follows Trump's orders without question.
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