text:  defending her son i'm dave anthony fox news penelope hegseth mother pete the controversial trump nominee for defense secretary was just on fox delivering this message to the president-elect i want to say thank you for your belief in my son part of the scrutiny pete hegseth is under is an email his mother wrote in 2018 saying she has no respect for any man who belittles lies and cheats and sleeps around but penelope hegseth just said that he's changed