Court filings and reporting by the Financial Times reveal that a broker associated with U.S. Pete Hegseth reportedly explored making a multimillion\u2011dollar investment in major defense stocks and a defense\u2011focused fund weeks before the U.S.\u2011Israeli military strike on Iran, raising questions about timing and insider knowledge \u2014 though the Pentagon has strongly denied the claims and called the report \u201cfalse and fabricated.\u201d
