The Pentagon is pushing back against a report from NBC News that Defense Secretary Mark Esper has "prepared a resignation letter" following the presidential election. In a report published Thursday afternoon, NBC cited three unnamed "current defense officials" who alleged that Esper "prepared his letter because he is one of the Cabinet officials long expected to be pushed out after the election." However, the reporting received a forceful response later in the evening from Jonathan Hoffman, assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. CLICK HERE TO SEE FOX NEWS’ LIVE PROBABILITY DIALS"The NBC story is inaccurate and misleading in many ways," Hoffman tweeted. "To be clear, Secretary of Defense Esper has no plans to resign, nor has he been asked to submit a letter of resignation."

Source: Fox News November 06, 2020 03:00 UTC