Penelope Hegseth, the mother of President-elect Donald Trump nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, responded to what she said to her son in a scathing 2018 email that was leaked to the New York Times during an interview this morning on "FOX & Friends" -- the program Hegseth used to co-host.

The mother of Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary, pleaded her son's case as his future nomination appeared to be in jeopardy in the Senate over allegations involving drinking and sexual assault.

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Hegseth's mother said in the email, published by The New York Times, that she was writing on "behalf of all the women (and I know it's many) you have abused in some way," telling

Pete Hegseth’s mother said Wednesday that she “doesn’t believe” any of the allegations of sexual impropriety and workplace misbehavior that have dogged President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run the Pentagon.

The mother of Pete Hegseth, the embattled former Fox News personality chosen by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Defense, defended her son on a "Fox & Friends" appearance Wednesday morning after the New York Times leaked a 2018 email in which she called her own son an "abuser of women."

Hegseth’s mother Penelope appeared on Fox & Friends this morning and blasted The New York Times for publishing a leaked 2018 email in which she wrote to her son that they were “broken by your behavior and your lack of character.” Fox & Friends host Steve Doocy read a portion of the email during her appearance.

Penelope Hegseth addressed a fiery email she sent her son Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense.