Fresh from scandal over group chat attack plans, Hegseth's conduct opens him to ridicule

<p>Rachel Maddow looks at a string of bizarre headlines about Donald Trump's secretary of defense, Fox News personality Pete Hegseth, whose insistence on surrounding himself with close family while acting in his official capacity speaks poorly of his professionalism.</p>
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