BREAKING NEWS: Jason Crow And Pete Hegseth Have Nasty Exchange As Crow Grills WarSec About Top Aide

Thank you, Chairman.Mr. Secretary, I want to go in a little bit different direction.Timothy Parlatory served as your private attorney, correct?Correct.And Mr. Parlatory also served as private attorney for President Trump's campaign, correct?

I'm not privy to every professional position that he's held.Well, I'll help you out.He did.

And you appointed Mr. Parlatory as your senior advisor, correct?

Correct.He does reserve duty on behalf of the Navy.

His title is Senior Advisor.You gave him that title, correct?

And I would count him as very much an advisor of mine.

Yep.He travels with you, correct?

Tim Parlatori has been a long -term friend.He's a great patriot.

He travels with you?That's not what I asked.He serves the country.He's an excellent military lawyer.He travels with you, doesn't he?Correct?

There's public Instagram that shows this.Just say yes.

Yes, of course.

OK.He sits in meetings with you and advises you, doesn't he?

He sits in some meetings on occasion.

Well, he maintains a desk in an office in the Pentagon, does he not?I'd have to check.You don't know?

It's a big Pentagon.

You directly commissioned Mr. Parlatory in the Naval Reserve as a Navy commander in March 2025, did you not?I was very proud to do so.And when you did, because he's a Navy Reserve officer, he didn't have to go through the PPO process, the White House Presidential Personnel Office, right?He wasn't vetted by a White House PPO.The answer is yes.He didn't have to be vetted by White House PPO.

He didn't go through the Senate confirmation process either, did he?

The answer is no.I don't know what you're getting to, but Tim is a fantastic man. I'll tell you what I'm getting to.

The answer is no, right?

He does great work.

Okay.He didn't maintain a security clearance whenyou appointed him as special advisor, is that right?I'd have to check.

You don't know?I mean, anybody that has access to sensitive material is going to have the appropriate clearance.

Okay, so when you appointed him as special advisor, he had a security clearance?

You're trying to piece together a timeline.

No, I'm asking a simple question.One of your special, most sensitive advisors, did he have a security clearance?

No, you're playing a gotcha game like you do on TV and everywhere else.You're trying to thread together details that are connected about something else.

Clearly you're concerned about my line of questioning, aren't you, Mr. Secretary?Because you know where it's going, don't you?I think you do.So, does Mr. Parlatory represent foreign governments?He has a private law practice, does he not?

From what I understand of his law practice, he does a lot of great work for service members in the military and other.

He maintains a private law practice.Does he represent foreign governments or foreign persons in that private law practice?I don't know.You don't know?Somebody who's sitting in your meetings, a special advisor, you don't know?Does he represent any senior officers who are currently under consideration for promotion by you or your office?

The only person that makes determinations about senior officers is me.

Answer the question.Does he represent senior officers who are under consideration for promotion by you?

No, I'm the one that makes decisions about choosing...

Does he represent them, Mr. Secretary?

Does he represent them?He doesn't represent anyone.He's a legal advisor and always has been.But he has clients, does he not?He's a legal advisor to me on reserve duty, and he always has been, and he does a fantastic job.

Is it true that Mr. Parlatory was removed...I replain my time.Is it true that Mr. Parlatory was removed from an investigation by the White House last year?

I don't know what you're referring to, but not that I'm aware of.

You're not aware of it.Was it true that you were also removed from that same investigation?The answer is yes.

No, not that I'm aware of.You're not aware of it.That's interesting.

Well, is it true that Mr. Parlatory disparaged President Trump?

I don't know what you're referring to, but no.

Is it true that Mr. Parlatory was accused by President Trump and his lawyers of lying?

What you're accused of is acute line of questioning that's going nowhere.

Well, it's going somewhere, which is why you're not answering the question.Was it true that he was accused of lying by the president's legal team?

I'm not familiar to, you'd have to give me the context of that article.

Well, it's right here.You want to look at the statement from President Trump's legal team?

Anybody can blow up a quote and claim it says something, and that's what you're doing in a little stunt.

Secretary Hegseth, what I'm really concerned about is you purport to have unfaltering loyalty to President Trump, and yet you are continuously going back.Oh, you care a lot about President Trump, don't you?

This is a huge waste of your five minutes, a huge, cute waste of your five minutes that led to nowhere.

I reclaim my time.You are repeatedly going behind the President's back.You are repeatedly going behind President Trump's back, appointing people who he has accused of lying, who the White House has accused of lying, and you are not being honest with President Trump.