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On the recordJanuary 23, 2025
I have tried to and continue to track down before his confirmation vote any sort of lead with people that would speak to me, and they all had one thing in common up to this point, and none of them could provide me with firsthand, corroborated testimony that I could point to.
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Thom Tillis
Republican · North Carolina

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Tillis discusses his efforts to gather corroborated testimony regarding allegations against Pete Hegseth before the confirmation vote.

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