The New York Times published an email this week to Pete Hegseth from his mother accusing him of mistreating women for years.

Hegseth’s mother condemned his treatment of women in an email sent when he was going through an acrimonious divorce. She told the Times that she sent the email “in anger” and has disavowed her accusations.

"On behalf of all the women (and I know it’s many) you have abused in some way, I say get some help and take an honest look at yourself," Hegseth's mother wrote. "I have no respect for any man that belittles,

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 for years” and displaying a “lack of character,

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.

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.

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.