{"id":68495,"date":"2025-12-16T13:40:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T21:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68495"},"modified":"2026-03-13T13:42:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T20:42:03","slug":"is-secretary-of-war-pete-hegseth-covering-up-the-war-crimes-and-he-and-trump-have-committed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68495","title":{"rendered":"Is Secretary of &#8216;War&#8217; Pete Hegseth Covering Up the War Crimes that He and Trump Have Committed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the past few months Donald Trump has presided over a series of deadly air strikes on boats in the Caribbean that he alleged were engaged in drug trafficking. Never mind that he provided no evidence to support his allegations, or that such strikes in international waters are against international law. And even if there were evidence, the alleged crimes would not have been subject to capital punishment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Is Secretary of 'War' Pete Hegseth Covering Up the War Crimes and He and Trump Have Committed?%0D&#038;url=https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68495\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to post this article on Twitter<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/intent\/compose?text=Is Secretary of 'War' Pete Hegseth Covering Up the War Crimes and He and Trump Have Committed?%20https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68495\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to post on Bluesky<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-hegseth.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37438\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s Caribbean misadventures have been conducted purely for what he perceives to be the political benefit of slaughtering what he calls <em>&#8220;narco-terrorists&#8221;<\/em> (a ridiculous, made up term), and its usefulness in deflecting from his tribulations involving the Epstein files that he continues to suppress. Meanwhile, Trump&#8217;s Secretary of <em>&#8220;War&#8221;<\/em> Pete Hegseth, has holiday visions of bloody corpses dancing in his head&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE THIS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68375\" target=\"_blank\">The Nauseating Christmas \u2018Wish\u201d of Trump\u2019s Bloodthirsty Secretary of \u2018War\u2019 Pete Hegseth<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One particularly disturbing attack occurred on September 2, 2025, when the first air strike left a couple of survivors clinging to the wreckage of their boat. So there was a second strike ordered that succeeded in murdering the two helpless survivors. Most reputable military legal experts have called that a war crime.<\/p>\n<p>Video of the first strike was released shortly after it occurred, But video of the second strike has been mysteriously withheld. Consequently, there has been a great deal of interest in releasing the second video in order to ascertain the facts that have been mired in controversy and ever-changing.<\/p>\n<p>When this subject was first raised with Trump, he pretended to have an opinion favoring complete transparency and told reporters that he had <em>&#8220;no problem&#8221;<\/em> with releasing the second video. But that position didn&#8217;t hold for very long&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>On December 3:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Question:<\/strong> You released video of that first boat strike on September 2nd, but not the second video. will you release the video of that strike so that the American people can see for themselves what happened?<br \/>\n<strong>Trump:<\/strong> I don&#8217;t know what they have, but whatever they have, we\u2019d certainly release. No problem.<br \/>\n<strong>On December 8:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Question:<\/strong> You said you would have no problem with releasing the full video of that strike on September 2nd off the coast of Venezuela.<br \/>\n<strong>Trump:<\/strong> I didn\u2019t say that. You said that. I didn\u2019t say that. This is ABC fake news&#8230;Whatever Hegseth wants to do is OK with me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:aunpu65mdrhwfie7ynymlzeh\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3m7iusrt5br27\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreifwskbxgu6h52nyk3w5hdztghiya63e2pvam6qbjt436omz4sc22e\">\n<p lang=\"en\">Q: \u201cYou said you would have no problem with releasing the full video of that strike on September 2nd.\u201dTrump: \u201cI didn\u2019t say that. You said that. I didn\u2019t say that. This is ABC fake news.\u201dTrump on Dec. 3: \u201cWhatever they have, we\u2019d certainly release. No problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:aunpu65mdrhwfie7ynymlzeh?ref_src=embed\">The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:aunpu65mdrhwfie7ynymlzeh\/post\/3m7iusrt5br27?ref_src=embed\">2025-12-08T20:32:26.091Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So Trump&#8217;s willingness to release the second video was short-lived, and he quickly shifted responsibility for what was being described as a war crime to his DoD underling, Hegseth. In the process, denying that he said what he was actually caught saying to a room full of reporters.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday morning Hegseth was asked about the second video and gave an answer that appears he hopes will close the debate, saying that he would&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;&#8230;allow the HASC [House Armed Services Committee} and SASC [Senate Armed Services Committee] to see the unedited video of September 2nd, alongside Admiral Bradley, who has done a fantastic job, has made all the right calls, and we\u2019re glad he\u2019ll be there to do it. But in keeping with long-standing Department of Defense policy, of course we\u2019re not going to release a top-secret, full, unedited video of that to the general public. HASC and SASC, appropriate committees, will see it, but not the general public.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3ma4khmf54q2f\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreieysqbyr2u4yootc3kmrezno6exfqabjz2foqanlc2c7et3i4urei\">\n<p lang=\"en\">Hegseth on the second Sept 2 strike: &#34;Of course we&#39;re not going to release a top secret full unedited of that to the general public&#34;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc?ref_src=embed\">Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc\/post\/3ma4khmf54q2f?ref_src=embed\">2025-12-16T16:20:28.975Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>For some reason it has been appropriate to release every other video of the two dozen boat strikes (so far) in the Caribbean before this. They are estimated to have <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/House Armed Services Committee\" target=\"_blank\">resulted in at least 95 deaths<\/a><\/strong>, possibly of innocent fishermen. But for this one video different rules apply, even though nothing is different about it. There is nothing more in it that would compromise national security or confidential military sources or methods.<\/p>\n<p>The only difference with this second video is that it might reveal to the American people just how lawless and inhumane the Trump regime is in their conduct of this phony, undeclared war. So Hegseth prohibits its release in order to shield himself &#8211; and Trump &#8211; from accountability for their criminal misconduct. It also shields them from the public disgust and disgrace that would follow if they were to see what Hegseth and Trump have been up to.<\/p>\n<p>Both Democrats and Republicans in Congress have been calling for the video to be released. Any efforts to suppress it can only be viewed as a deliberate cover up. And Hegseth cannot be the final word on this. Ultimately, Trump is supposed to be the commander-in-chief, and it his his decision to release or hide this video.<\/p>\n<p>If Trump chooses to hide the video, he is essentially admitting that it contains information that would incriminate him and others. Very much like his choice to hide the Epstein files. Hopefully Congress will prevail in this matter, and the people will get the truth to which they are entitled.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED STORIES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68482\" target=\"_blank\">The Epstein Defiles: GOP Chairman Threatens Bill and Hillary Clinton with Contempt of Congress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68104\" target=\"_blank\">Is Trump\u2019s Secretary of \u2018War\u2019 Outlining Plans to Deploy the Military to Steal the Next Election?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68050\" target=\"_blank\">Trump\u2019s Secretary of War on the Press, Pete Hegseth, Is Rebuked By the Media He\u2019s Trying to Censor<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Be sure to visit and follow News Corpse<br \/>\non <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsCorpse\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/newscorpse.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\">Bluesky<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@newscorpse\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Threads<\/a>.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>And check out my books on Amazon:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2aOYFpM\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">Fox Nation vs. Reality:<br \/>\nThe Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Thanks so much for your support.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past few months Donald Trump has presided over a series of deadly air strikes on boats in the Caribbean that he alleged were engaged in drug trafficking. Never mind that he provided no evidence to support his allegations, or that such strikes in international waters are against international law. 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