West Point Apologizes, Confirms It Accepted Trump Nominee Pete Hegseth to the Academy (Connecting the Dots: U.S. Military Academy (West Point), ProPublica & Soros Funding, All Networking)
The
academy had falsely said that Hegseth did not even apply to the school.
The
Epoch Times
By Zachary
Stieber 12/13/2024 Updated:12/13/2024
The
U.S. Military Academy has apologized for
falsely saying President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Pentagon,
Peter Hegseth, was never accepted into the school, known as West
Point.
“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,” a spokesperson for West Point told The Epoch Times in an email.
“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.”
The
statement came after Hegseth on Dec. 11 shared
his letter of acceptance, dated Jan. 5, 1999, on the social media platform X.
Hegseth
said he had come to learn that ProPublica was planning to
publish an article alleging he had not been accepted by West Point.
ProPublica
editor Jesse Eisinger said in response
that two spokespersons for West Point told ProPublica that Hegseth had not been
admitted. One said he did not even apply for admission. That prompted
ProPublica to go to Hegseth.
“The
first rule of good journalism is: No Surprises. You must give the subject of a
potential story a fair chance to respond to all of the salient facts in the
story,” Eisinger wrote.
In
a Dec. 10 email to Hegseth’s attorney Timothy Parlatore, a reporter from
ProPublica wrote, “We’re preparing a story about Mr. Hegseth’s claims that he
was admitted to West Point” and that “the school told us that is not true.”
“Why
did Mr. Hegseth say he got in to West Point when that is not true? How can Mr.
Hegseth be Secretary of Defense given that he has made false statements about
getting in to the military’s most prestigious academy?” the reporter wrote in
the email, which was reviewed by The Epoch Times.
The
reporter gave Parlatore one hour to respond.
ProPublica
ended up not publishing any stories about the matter.
“Reporters
do their job by asking tough questions to people in power, which is exactly
what happened here,“ a spokesperson for ProPublica told The Epoch Times in an
email. ”Responsible news organizations only publish what they can verify, which
is why we didn’t publish a story once Mr. Hegseth provided documentation that
corrected the statements from West Point.”
Senator,
Lawyer Question West Point
Parlatore
in a letter
to Lt. Gen. Steven W. Gilland, West Point’s superintendent, attached an email
from a West Point spokesperson to ProPublica stating that Hegseth had not
applied for admission to West Point.
The
spokesperson, Theresa Brinkerhoff, may have violated a federal law that
prohibits the disclosure of certain information, Parlatore said.
“In
light of these concerns, I urge you to investigate this matter thoroughly and
take appropriate corrective action to prevent future violations,” he wrote.
West
Point declined to answer questions about Brinkerhoff.
Brinkerhoff,
who did not return an inquiry, was also named in a
letter from Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) to Gilland.
“Officials
at the U.S. Military Academy should not be feeding lies to left-wing reporters
about President Trump’s nominees,” Cotton said. “West Point needs to thoroughly
investigate this egregiously bad judgement and potential violation of the
Privacy Act immediately.”
Connecting
the Dots:
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder
for ProPublica.
Gara LaMarche was
a director at ProPublica and the VP & a director of U.S.
programs for the Open Society Foundations.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society and is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for
the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Barry R.
McCaffrey was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United
States (think tank) and a professor at the U.S. Military
Academy (West Point).
Andrew
Goodpaster was a chairman for the Atlantic Council of the
United States (think tank) a chairman for the Atlantic Council
of the United States (think tank) and a superintendent for the U.S.
Military Academy (West Point).
Daniel W.
Christman was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United
States (think tank) and a superintendent for the U.S. Military
Academy (West Point).
George A. Joulwan was
a professor at the U.S. Military Academy (West Point) and is a
director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for
the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and the
Center for American Progress.
Gara LaMarche was
the VP & a director of U.S. programs for the Open Society
Foundations and
a
director at ProPublica.
George Soros is the founder
& chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and a supporter for
the Center for American Progress.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for ProPublica
and the Center for American Progress.
Marion O. Sandler was
a director at the Center for American Progress and a funder
for ProPublica.
Herbert Sandler was
a funder for the Center for American Progress and is the
funder & founding chairman for ProPublica.
Resources:
Past Research
Smaller
Bites – Clarence Thomas - Connecting the Dots: ProPublica & Soros Funding,
All Networking) (Past Research on ProPublica)
Thursday,
April 6, 2023
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2023/04/smaller-bites-clarence-thomas.html
Smaller
Bites: Connecting the Dots CNN, West Point, Joint Chiefs of Staff & Soros
Funding, All Networking (Past Research on West
Point)
Wednesday,
September 20, 2023
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