2024-11-22
25 分钟Donald Trump’s selection of Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense caught the attention of the In the Dark team. Hegseth, formerly a weekend co-host of “Fox & Friends,” is a longtime supporter of accused American war criminals, and has called Eddie Gallagher, the Navy SEAL who was tried for murder and other crimes, a “war hero.” The reporters Madeleine Baran and Parker Yesko discuss what Hegseth’s appointment could mean for war-crimes prosecutions under the Trump Administration.
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Hey, in the dark, listeners.
It's Madeline Barron and Parker Yesko.
Hey, guys, we're back in your feed today because there's been some recent news that feels really relevant to a lot of the things that we reported on in season three.
It has to do with one of the appointments that incoming President Donald Trump has recently announced.
And this appointment got the attention of our entire team because it could make it even harder for war criminals in the United States to be held accountable.
If you've listened to season three, you know that our reporting found how hard it is already for people accused of war crimes to be punished in any kind of meaningful way.
And it is most likely about to get a lot harder.
We're talking specifically here about the man Trump has decided he wants to nominate for Secretary of Defense.
This is a man Parker and I are both very familiar with.
We're talking, of course, about Pete Hegseth.
The reason we're so familiar with Pete Hegseth is because Hegseth has been one of the most outspoken defenders of Americans accused of war crimes in the entire country.
Yeah.
And we've been talking a lot on our team about what his hypothetical confirmation could mean for convicted war criminals and American service members accused of war crimes in the future.
At a certain point, we thought we should stop talking about it just between us and talk about it with you guys, too.
Right.