VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-10-12
“We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it’s public, because people need to understand that there are serious consequences for these types of things,”
Pete Hegseth · said 2026-10-08 · reported 2026-10-12
Hegseth told Real America's Voice that the execution should be public as a form of deterrence.
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