Pete Hegseth pleads with House Republicans to go public in his defense
UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 4: Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee to be Defense Secretary, walks from the Russell Senate Office Building via the Senate subway tunnel to his meeting with Sen. John Thune, R-S. Dak., in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, December 4, 2024. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)