Judge Embarrasses Pentagon Pete After Sneaky Trick Exposed

A federal judge admonished the Pentagon for defying a previous court order in a disparaging ruling against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Hegseth, 45, last October announced strict new rules allowing the Pentagon to revoke journalists’ press passes. The revised rules allowed journalists to access the Pentagon only with government escorts and closed off a special work area inside the building, moving them to an external library. Many news outlets handed over their passes rather than agree to Hegseth’s outrageous demands. The New York Times and journalist Julian Barnes filed a lawsuit in December alleging that Hegseth’s selective media policy violated the Constitution’s First Amendment, Fifth Amendment and due process clauses.