Pete Hegseth threatened by GOP lawmaker: 'There will be consequences' for stonewalling him
December 04, 2025
During an appearance on MS NOW on Thursday morning, Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), the former chair of the House Intelligence Committee, admitted to the hosts of “Morning Joe” that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is ignoring demands to turn over critical information about his conduct in office.
Speaking with “Morning Joe” co-host Joe Scarborough, the Ohio Republican refused to say if Donald Trump’s appointee to head up the Pentagon was fit to hold his office, offering up, “I think there are a number of things that have raised concern that Congress is struggling with. And I think the secretary is going to have to answer those questions and address them. And I think that the president is going to be struggling with that over the next month.”
“Do you think the secretary needs to be more forthcoming with the oversight committees who fund the Pentagon, who fund his operations, who fund his salary, who fund his staff, who fund everything that Pete Hegseth does every day?” co-host Scarborough pressed.
“There is not a hearing where members and the leadership of our committees do not send back to the secretary a very clear message that the committees and the members are not receiving the information that, by law, we are entitled to receive, that we expect to receive, and that we received another administration's and that there will be consequences.”
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