<p>On Wednesday, Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pete-hegseth" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pete Hegseth</a>, scooped a left-wing media outlet that was preparing to publish a story about Hegseth supposedly lying about getting into the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.</p>
<p>Hegseth, a decorated combat veteran, posted photos of his acceptance letter from the academy in a now-viral post. The 44-year-old said he chose not to attend the academy after he was accepted.</p>
<p>&#8220;We understand that ProPublica (the Left Wing hack group) is planning to publish a knowingly false report that I was not accepted to West Point in 1999,&#8221; Hegseth wrote. &#8220;Here’s my letter of acceptance signed by West Point Superintendent, Lieutenant General Daniel Christman, US Army.&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">We understand that ProPublica (the Left Wing hack group) is planning to publish a knowingly false report that I was not accepted to West Point in 1999.</p>
<p>Here’s my letter of acceptance signed by West Point Superintendent, Lieutenant General Daniel Christman, US Army. <a href="https://t.co/UOhOVZSfhJ">pic.twitter.com/UOhOVZSfhJ</a></p>
<p>— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) <a href="https://twitter.com/PeteHegseth/status/1866833468589584625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>ProPublica editor Jesse Eisinger said West Point told the outlet on two occasions that Hegseth did not even apply to the academy, but said after Hegseth&#8217;s people sent ProPublica the acceptance letter, they chose not to run with the story.</p>
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<p>&#8220;Hegseth has said that he got into West Point but didn’t attend,&#8221; Eisinger posted online. &#8220;We asked West Pt public affairs, which told us twice on the record that he hadn’t even applied there. We reached out. Hegseth&#8217;s spox gave us his acceptance letter. We didn&#8217;t publish a story. That&#8217;s journalism.&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Hegseth has said that he got into West Point but didn’t attend.</p>
<p>We asked West Pt public affairs, which told us twice on the record that he hadn’t even applied there.</p>
<p>We reached out. Hegseth&#8217;s spox gave us his acceptance letter.</p>
<p>We didn&#8217;t publish a story.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s journalism. <a href="https://t.co/TceZdglkmL">https://t.co/TceZdglkmL</a></p>
<p>— Jesse Eisinger (@eisingerj) <a href="https://twitter.com/eisingerj/status/1866863141826752735?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>West Point told The Daily Wire that the discrepancy was due to an error and apologized.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“A review of our records indicates Peter Hegseth was offered admission to West Point in 1999 but did not attend,&#8221; the West Point directorate of communications said in a statement.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;An incorrect statement involving Hegseth’s admission to the U.S. Military Academy was released by an employee on Dec. 10, 2024,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;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.&#8221;</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;The academy takes this situation seriously and apologizes for this administrative error,&#8221; the directorate of communications added.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pete-is-a-winner-trump-stands-by-hegseth-amid-legacy-media-firestorm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">‘Pete Is A WINNER’: Trump Stands By Hegseth Amid Legacy Media Firestorm</a></strong></p>

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