Pete Hegseth's mom, Pete Hegseth, accused her son of abusing women for years in an email released by 'New York Times.'

The mother of Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Defense Secretary, previously accused Hegseth of having abused “many women,” the New York Times reported, marking the latest claims that could complicate Hegseth’s confirmation process.

Pete Hegseth 's own mother accused him of being abusive toward women in a 2018 email.

The man chosen to be Donald Trump’s defence secretary has come under further pressure over his private life after the emergence of an email from his mother calling him an “abuser” of women.

The mother of Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s pick for Defense secretary, reportedly sent him an email in 2018 accusing the former Fox News host of “routinely mistreating women

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.

In a new unearthed email from the New York Times, Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's nominee to be the next Secretary of Defense, was called an "abuser of women" by his own mother. Penelope Hegseth wrote the email in 2018,

The Times noted that Penelope Hegseth described their publishing of the email as “disgusting” and she apologized to her son in a follow-up email.