Pete Hegseth: “NBC is going to do is make up anonymous sources, none of…”

“And now they're trying to extend the string. This is what they're trying to do with senators. Right. Okay. We've got to extend this string from past behavior to current behavior. And so what NBC is going to do is make up anonymous sources, none of which are close to me, none of which know me, claiming that I had a drinking problem at Fox or was drunk on air. I tell everybody out there, check the tape. Yeah, where's the drunken tape? Find the drunken. And by the way, talk to the.” (33:19–33:28)

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