"You can’t lead an entire organization and all these people if you can’t lead by example," Leslie Marshall said.

Former Navy pilot, federal prosecutor, and candidate for New Jersey governor, Rep. Mikie Sherrill reacts to recent reporting of sexual assault allegations against Trump defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth and his comments that women should not serve in combat roles in the military.

In yet another example of the transition team being blindsided by claims about Hegseth, members of the team were reportedly startled to see a California police report go public on Wednesday, detailing the 2017 night on which Hegseth was accused of sexually assaulting a woman.

A police report has revealed sexual assault allegations against Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News personality and Donald Trump’s nominee to be defense secretary.

Secretary of defense nominee's confirmation odds slip to 52 percent after new details about a sex assault allegation denied by him.

By what we now can call the Gaetz Standard (vain, unqualified, and with a history of sexual assault allegations that he denies), he ought to be.

The Pentagon appointee is also contending with a sexual assault claim and chatter that there’s already a replacement list being curated inside Mar-a-Lago.