The mother of Pete Hegseth, Trump's pick to lead the Department of Defense, reportedly told her son he was an 'abuser of women' in an email.

Penelope Hegseth made the accusation in an email to her son in 2018, amid his contentious divorce. She said on Friday that she regretted the email and had apologized to him.

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Penelope Hegseth wrote that Donald Trump's selection for secretary of defense "belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around, and uses women for his own power and ego"

The mother of Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s pick for Defense Secretary, is speaking out after the New York Times reported that she accused him of mistreating women in a newly surfaced email. She has since defended her son and disavowed what she said in that email.

Pete Hegseth’s mother trashed his character in a blistering email amid his contentious divorce and from his second wife, Samantha, mother of three of his children. Penelope Hegseth, 70, wrote that President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary had been mistreating women for years.

The mother of Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense, sent an email to her son in 2018 that sharply criticized his treatment of women, The New York Times reported Friday.

Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary, was accused by his mother of being "an abuser of women" during his 2018 divorce,The New York Times reported.

The New York Times obtained a copy of an email sent by the mother of Trump's chosen defense chief, who has a history of sexual misconduct allegations.

A new report publishing an email sent by the mother of Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Defense, has sparked backlash. President-elect Trump appointed Hegseth, a Fox News commentator and former National Guard officer,