Trump Pentagon pick had been flagged by fellow service member as poss...


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He’s also shown support for members of the military accused of war crimes and criticized the military’s justice system.

Pete Hegseth walks to an elevator for a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York, Dec. 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

By TARA COPP, MICHELLE R. SMITH and JASON DEAREN, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pete Hegseth, the Army National Guard veteran and Fox News host nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Defense, was flagged as a possible “Insider Threat” by a fellow service member due to a tattoo on his bicep that’s associated with white supremacist groups.

Hegseth, who has downplayed the role of military members and veterans in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack and railed…

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