It’s a Trump prerequisite.
“Pete Hegseth, the Army veteran turned Fox News [sic] host selected by #Trump to be defense secretary, was investigated for an alleged sexual assault in 2017, officials in Monterey, California, confirmed.
In response to multiple public record requests to the city, including one from CBS News, officials released a public statement late Thursday evening about a 2017 police investigation into Hegseth”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pete-hegseth-alleged-sexual-assault-2017-monterey/