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.

In particular:

“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,” Penelope Hegseth wrote, stating that she still loved him.

Trump announced he intends to nominate Pete Hesgeth to be Secretary of Defense.

This is part of a broader pattern, including:

  • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
    13·
    4 days ago

    The latter. Per the article:

    “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,” Penelope Hegseth wrote, stating that she still loved him.

    • AmidFuror@fedia.io
      13·
      4 days ago

      Nice sleuthing. I have so many questions about what else might be written in the article, I will start writing out a long comment.

        • blackbelt352@lemmy.world
          101·
          4 days ago

          The parent commenter asked a question that was literally answered by the article. They just read the headline without reading the article.

          • silence7@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
            4·
            4 days ago

            That’s normal. On reddit, only about 2 or 3 percent click through to the article. Given the user interface similarity, I’d expect the same here