Does The Left-Leaning Media Have a Leaker (Or Two?) Inside President Trump’s Transition Team?

It has taken a few weeks for the left-leaning media to regain their footing since President Trump’s cataclysmic victory knocked them off their feet, almost exactly two weeks ago.

But it seems as though they have indeed regained at least some of their composure, and are now engaging in the same old mud slinging that they always resort to when there’s nothing more solid to throw at conservatives.

Here is one CNN report from a few days ago running with the previously investigated closed case, regarding the accusations of sexual assault against Pete Hegseth — nominated by President Trump as the next Secretary of Defense.

CNN is trying to 'Kavanaugh’ Pete Hegseth.

I don’t remember this kind of investigative zeal over the allegations against Doug Emhoff. pic.twitter.com/sr0YKJXxyu

— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) November 19, 2024

But now there is concern that a possible leaker — or two — may be aiding the media attacks; adding a perception of legitimacy to the hit pieces being pushed by the media against prominent Trump nominations.

Last Thursday, for instance, Vanity Fair ran a piece in which they described panic among the Trump transition team because of the allegation against Pete Hegseth mentioned in the CNN report above.

The Vanity Fair story cited a source from within President Trump’s transition team.

Donald Trump’s transition team scrambled Thursday after Trump’s incoming chief of staff Susie Wiles was presented with an allegation that former Fox & Friends cohost Pete Hegseth, Trump’s nominee to be Defense Secretary, had engaged in sexual misconduct. According to two sources, Wiles was briefed Wednesday night about an allegation that Hegseth had acted inappropriately with a woman. One of the sources said the alleged incident took place in Monterey, California in 2017.

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According to the transition source, the allegation is serious enough that Wiles and Trump’s lawyers spoke to Hegseth about it on Thursday. A source with knowledge of the meeting said that Hegseth said the allegation stemmed from a consensual encounter and characterized the episode as he-said, she-said.

On Thursday evening, Hegseth’s lawyer Timothy Parlatore said: “This allegation was already investigated by the Monterey police department and they found no evidence for it.”

One Hegseth ally blamed the surfacing of the sexual misconduct allegation on GOP establishment members who are trying to thwart Hegseth’s nomination. “They’ll try to kill all these nominations before the confirmation vote,” the ally said.

And then, just yesterday the same writer ran with a story highlighting “doubts within the Trump transition” regarding Hegseth’s ability to survive the allegations.

In yesterday’s article in Vanity Fair, the writer referenced not one, but two different GOP sources, seemingly within President Trump’s transition team.

For now, Donald Trump is reportedly standing by Pete Hegseth, his embattled pick for defense secretary, but some Trump transition officials are beginning to doubt whether the Fox News host can survive the controversy.

According to two Republicans close to Trump, the transition team is quietly preparing a list of alternative defense secretary candidates should Trump abandon Hegseth.

“It’s becoming a real possibility,” one of the sources says.

The second source tells me that transition team members are frustrated that Hegseth failed to disclose he had paid a financial settlement to a woman who alleged he raped her at a Republican women’s event in 2017.

The incident was investigated by Monterey police in 2017 with no charges ever filed.

Recently, someone claiming to be “a friend” of the accuser contacted President Trump’s transition team with the accusations, according to a report in The Independent.

Police investigated Hegseth for alleged sexual misconduct in Monterey, California in 2017. The Washington Post reported at the weekend that Hegseth paid the woman who accused him of sexual assault as part of a non-disclosure agreement. Despite the payment, he has maintained the encounter was consensual.

The Post, citing a statement from Hegseth’s attorney Timothy Parlatore, reported that Hegseth was “visibly intoxicated” when he encountered a woman in Monterey seven years ago. Parlatore said in this statement that the woman contacted the police, and they concluded, “the Complainant had been the aggressor in the encounter.” However, Monterey police did not confirm this to the Post.

Hegseth later agreed to pay the woman as part of an NDA because he was concerned he’d be fired by Fox News, the Post reported. The NDA and payment came after she threatened to litigate further in 2020, the Post reported, citing Hegseth’s attorney.

The Post also obtained a memo which was written by an unnamed individual — who claims to be a friend of the accuser — and sent to Trump’s presidential transition team. That memo claimed Hegseth raped a 30-year-old conservative group staffer in a hotel room in Monterey in 2017, the Post reported. Police investigated the incident but Hegseth never faced charges, the memo said.

As reported, President Trump has acknowledged the alleged attempts to discredit his nominations, and is so far standing behind his picks.

But that hasn’t stopped the increasing attacks and ignorant mud slinging against President Trump’s would-be cabinet members.

Check out this reaction video showing Whoopi Goldberg completely rambling against Pete Hegseth — as if she knows anything about the military herself — followed by the perfect synopsis of her own ignorance.

➖️ Whoopi Goldberg yet again is saying things she doesn't know. This time about Pete Hegseth.

➖️ Whoopi Goldberg should probably STFU, but that's my reaction.

‼️Jeff Responds.‼️and he will be more graceful than I would be. pic.twitter.com/RaqMXD91es

— (Jason) Stands For Truth (@TrueJMitchell) November 20, 2024

Contrast Whoopi’s ignorant rant with Representative Cory Mills’ informed take on Pete Hegseth, and the things that are central to the job of the Secretary of Defense.

Rep. Cory Mills delivers best case you’ll hear for Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary:

“He’s going to come in and we’re going to get back to what it was to prioritize— not diversity, equity, and inclusion— but increase lethality, readiness, and being properly equipped.” pic.twitter.com/oAdrKt5FiE

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) November 20, 2024

And don’t forget the continuing attempt to paint Pete Hegseth as a white supremacist NAZI…

The Associated Press ran a smear piece on Pete Hegseth claiming his tattoo that says "Deus Vult" is linked to "white supremacist groups."

It is NOT evil to be Christian.

DEUS VULT. Stand with Pete Hegseth. pic.twitter.com/NCLFkh2jtK

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 16, 2024

To any shill out there that’s still talking about Pete Hegseth’s tattoo…

You’re an idiot!!👇🏻 pic.twitter.com/co16LhVtCR

— SaltyGoat (@SaltyGoat17) November 17, 2024

It’s amazing how a little homework can shed light on the left’s attempts to demonize someone when they have nothing of substance to use in their attacks.

They simply resort to making things up!

While the witch hunts against Pete Hegseth, RFK Jr., Matt Gaetz, and others nominated by President Trump to help carry out his mandate for change, I’d like to show you the counter to those baseless attacks.

Here’s Senator Tommy Tuberville spitting straight facts — not accusations — but facts; those incredibly stubborn things that stand up to all the mudslinging and character assassination attempts by the left.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville just threw down the gauntlet, defending by name Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth, and RFK Jr. from the Senate floor — all while standing in front of a sign that reads:

"Number of Democrats who voted AGAINST Biden's 21 Cabinet Nominees: 0"

This is the way.🔥 pic.twitter.com/L7Cg7N7ZDt

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) November 20, 2024

But as I began with, the fact remains that there are allegedly two different individuals, according to one Vanity Fair writer, who are reportedly leaking information from within President Trump’s transition team.

I don’t know whether that is true, or whether it is a concoction to add legitimacy to a flimsy accusation, and thereby paint the Trump team as being disorganized and panic stricken.

If it is not true — shame on the media for continuing to spread the lies that have lost them the confidence of the American people.  If it is true — I’m praying those individuals are found out and removed.

There is a reason President Trump isn’t exactly following the script during the transition process.  The operation is happening at Mar-a-Lago; away from prying federal eyes and ears.

And away from attempts from within the Deep State to prevent it’s own deconstruction.

The last thing President Trump needs are moles leaking information from inside of his transition team in an attempt to mitigate his ability to install the right people in the right areas of responsibility.

I have no doubt the attacks will continue.  Some will surely dredge up facts; no one is perfect, and almost all of us have things in our past that we’d rather not have dredged up.

But so far, I’m not seeing substantial investigations by the mainstream legacy media — I’m seeing the same old smear tactics that they resort to when they have nothing else to run with.