Pete Hegseth built his brand attacking Pentagon corruption and promising to fight for military families—but his own DOD is lying to parents about abuse videos at military daycare centers, burying evidence for months. The Army told a mother the proof didn’t exist, then produced it later, part of a documented pattern of obstruction in abuse cases. The whistleblower who believed in Hegseth’s reforms watched him become exactly what he promised to destroy.

Source: https://theintercept.com/2026/06/15/child-abuse-army-daycare-military-pete-hegseth/