Hegseth: I forced her to sign an NDA & paid her a lot of money but trust me, she's lying about rape
Gaetz: I resigned to prevent the release of my ethics investigation into child trafficking but trust me, its a false report
Fettermen: I reject investigation into Israel committing genocide but trust me, its a false claim
Powerful men who commit or enable abuse all have the same MO—they demand you to trust them contrary to all the evidence in front of you.
I swear I read this somewhere before.