February 4, 2025
A watchdog group sued the United States Military Academy at West Point on Tuesday for allegedly withholding public records related to false claims the school made to the press regarding Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s ties to the academy.
The Center to Advance Security in America, a national security watchdog group, said West Point is stonewalling its Freedom of Information Act request for records that could shed light on why the school falsely told a left-wing news outlet in December that Hegseth was never accepted to attend the academy in 1999. A West Point spokesman told ProPublica that the school was "absolutely 100%" confident that Hegseth never even applied to the academy. But that was false—Hegseth posted his West Point acceptance letter to X on Dec. 11, forcing West Point to admit it gave an "incorrect statement" to ProPublica.
The Center to Advance Security in America said it filed its records request to determine whether West Point attempted to deceive the public with its initial statements to ProPublica. Nearly 60 days have passed since it filed that request, but the group said Tuesday that West Point has not provided any records within the time period required by law. The group said in its lawsuit Tuesday that "immediate judicial review" is warranted to force West Point into fulfilling its document request.
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