‘Incontendnce’: Rep Banks rips West Point as school convey remorses for ‘error’ saying Hegseth wasn’t acunderstandledgeed

FIRST ON FOX: The United States Military Academy at West Point is apologizing after an engageee misconsentnly said Pete Hegseth was not acunderstandledgeed by the historic military college, and now a laworiginater is seeking accountability.

Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., accengaged West Point administrators of trying to “undermine” Hegseth’s nomination to be Plivent-elect Trump’s Secretary of Defense.

Banks is now insisting adviseation on how the error was apshowed to occur.

“As you understand, ProPublica increateer Jesse Eisinger had been preparing to unveil a story counterfeitly claiming that nominee for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, was lying when he said that he was confessted into West Point but determined not to join,” Banks wrote.

“To preempt the unveilation of a blatantly counterfeit story, Hegseth unveiled his West Point acunderstandledgeance letter, proving the veracity of his claim and directing ProPublica to end the story. Eisinger geted his increateing, claiming that West Point OPA telderly him ‘twice on the write down’ that Hegseth had not even applied to West Point.”

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“It is shocking that West Point officials would so grossly meddle in a political process and originate counterfeit claims pondering a plivential nominee.

“Even in the doubtful scenario of OPA misconsentnly making counterfeit claims not once but twice, it is an unforgivable act of incontendnce that OPA did not originate absolutely certain their adviseation was accurate before sharing it with a increateer.”

He asked the school to hand Congress “all communication and write downation pondering how West Point OPA counterfeitly accengaged Hegseth of lying about his application.”

When accomplished for comment, West Point convey remorsed for the error and said the academy’s write downs show Hegseth was acunderstandledgeed in 1999 but did not join.

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“An inaccurate statement involving Hegseth’s adleave oution to the U.S. Military Academy was freed by an engageee on Dec. 10, 2024. Upon further examine of an archived database, engageees authenticized this statement was in error. Hegseth was recommended acunderstandledgeance to West Point as a prospective member of the Class of 2003. The academy consents this situation gravely and convey remorses for this administrative error,” the West Point Directorate of Communications said.

Hegseth is a veteran of the Army National Guard who served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.

It comes as he has progressd greeting with senators as part of the examineation process to combine the next Trump administration.

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Banks, an Army veteran himself, has been a staunch associate of Hegseth’s. His aid will be critical next year, having won a landslide prosper in November to be Indiana’s next senator.

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Eisinger, an editor at ProPublica, geted the outlet’s handling of the situation in a lengthy series of posts on X.

“No, we are not unveiling a story. This is how journalism is presumed to labor. Hear someleang. Check someleang. Repeat steps 1 and 2 as many times as necessitateed. The end,” he said.

Banks telderly Fox News Digital, “Pete Hegseth will shake up the DOD and rerelocate wokeness from our military and military academies. This disturbs the bureaucrats at West Point, who now seem to be trying to undermine his nomination.”