West Point apologizes for sharing inaccurate Pete Hegseth information
Story by Mike Brest, Washington Examiner • 17h
West Point has acknowledged it inaccurately informed a media outlet that President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth, did not get accepted into the institution more than two decades ago.
Earlier Wednesday, Hegseth posted on social media that ProPublica "is planning to publish a knowingly false report that I was not accepted to West Point in 1999" without any additional information. He accompanied that with a picture of his acceptance letter into the institution. Hegseth did not attend West Point but rather Princeton University, graduating in 2003.
A ProPublica editor subsequently acknowledged in response to Hegseth that they had been told by a West Point official that they had no record of his acceptance or even an application for him. That was inaccurate, and West Point later realized it and informed the outlet.
“A review of our records indicates Peter Hegseth was offered admission to West Point in 1999 but did not attend. An incorrect statement involving Hegseth’s admission to the U.S. Military Academy was released by an employee on Dec. 10, 2024," West Point Directorate of Communications said in a statement to the Washington Examiner. "Upon further review of an archived database, employees realized this statement was in error. Hegseth was offered acceptance to West Point as a prospective member of the Class of 2003. The academy takes this situation seriously and apologizes for this administrative error.”
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