The report doesn't offer material from Hegseth's ex-wives or a woman who accused him of sexual assault in 2017. Hegseth has said that encounter was consensual, and prosecutors never filed charges.

Senate Democrats slam “significant gaps and inadequacies” in the background vetting of President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon.

Democrats have expressed concern over the delay and how thorough the report on Trump’s embattled defense secretary pick will be.

New questions are being raised about the FBI background check conducted for President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Defense Department, on the eve of Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing. Investigators reportedly did not interview the current and former Fox News staff who anonymously accused Hegseth of concerning drinking at work events,

The FBI background check, which followed parameters set by the Trump transition team, may have defied standard protocol by not including interviews with Hegseth's ex-wives or the woman who accused him of sexual assault in a hotel room in 2017, according to senators on the Armed Services Committee.

The bureau did not interview an ex-wife of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for defense secretary before the findings on his background check were presented to senators.