Opinion | What happened at Pete Hegseth’s first press conference in months

For a guy facing impeachment, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth isn’t exactly trying to get the media on his side.

Before a press conference at the Pentagon on Tuesday — the first in six months — a security agent for Hegseth warned reporters that they would be physically removed if they didn’t act professionally.

Let me repeat that: physically removed.

The Washington Post’s Tara Copp, who attended the press conference, wrote, “The unusual warning was a first in recent memory, members of the Pentagon press corps said. Reporters, including from The Washington Post, requested clarification and whether that meant shouting questions would result in removal, but the security agent provided no answer and a Defense Department civilian staffer did not elaborate.”

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