Pete Hegseth’s guard retired from army after incident of alleged violent misconduct

John Jacob Hasenbein was found guilty in court-martial over treatment of civilian role player, but a mistrial was later declared

Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s pick for US defense secretary, has been accompanied by a security guard with a history of alleged military misconduct.

John Jacob Hasenbein, a former army special forces MSgt who deployed to Iraq eight times, was found guilty of aggravated assault in a 2020 court-martial stemming from a 2019 incident at Fort Knox, Kentucky, the New York Times reports. The incident involved the violent treatment of Ahmed Altameemi, a civilian role player in a simulated hostage rescue training scenario.