Four foreign fighters and volunteers in Ukraine who knew Vasquez told Insider it was widely known he wasn't actually taking part in front-line fighting.
A Pentagon representative, however, told Insider that Vasquez was never deployed to either of those places — or anywhere else.
"I had to tell a million lies to get ahead," Vasquez told the Times.
When Ashton-Cirillo took to Twitter to expose Vasquez, Huggett said she felt compelled to make a video to back her up.
Huggett told Insider: "I'm tired, but I'm not sorry I exposed the lying scammer.
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