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.

The incident has roiled Donald Trump’s transition team since the former president announced Hegseth as his pick for defense secretary.

The woman at the center of the 2017 encounter told police that Hegseth blocked her from leaving the hotel room and assaulted her despite saying no.

The Fox News host and the woman who accused him of sexual assault were in Monterey for the 2017 California Federation of Republican Women biennial conference

Revelations of an alleged sexual assault involving Pete Hegseth, Trump's pick for Defense secretary, at a meeting of Republican women in 2017 have set off a firestorm.

A recently released police report from the 2017 incident revealed that the woman, who has not been identified, told police that Hegseth blocked the door to stop her from leaving his hotel room and took her phone away before sexually assaulting her.

GOP senator claims woman in Hegseth sex assault allegation ‘was the aggressor’ - Senator Markwayne Mullin says he ‘absolutely’ believes Trump’s defense secretary nominee, not his accuser

Senate Republicans offered mixed responses Thursday to President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement that he will nominate Pete Hegseth, a Fox News personality accused of sexual assault, to lead the Defense Department following the release of a police report concerning sexual assault allegations against him.