Hegseth Racked Up Huge Debts At Nonprofit For Vets
The Daily Beast reports:
At Vets for Freedom, where he held the top post from 2007 to 2012, Hegseth ran up mountain-sized debt and was subject to rumors of spending on parties, or what one former associate of the group told The New Yorker “could politely be called trysts.”
A group of donors to the group hired an accountant to review its books after concerns came to a head in late 2008.
Shortly thereafter, in a January 2009 email, Hegseth sent a letter to the donors admitting the group owed over $430,000 in unpaid bills and had credit card debts of up to $75,000 while having less than a grand in the bank. Hegseth’s letter reportedly told the donors they would have to give him more cash or face the
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