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The gambling markets are not on board a Pete Hegseth confirmation as Defense Secretary following the New York Times publishing of a 2018 letter from his own mother accusing him of being "an abuser of women".
Penelope Hegseth told The Times that their publishing of the email was “disgusting". The Times said it obtained a copy of the email from someone “with ties to the Hegseth family.”
Those betting on President-Elect Donald Trump's confirmation picks at Polymarket give Hegseth a 33 percent chance. That's the lowest possibility of any Trump cabinet pick with all but Tulsi Gabbard (59%) and Robert Kennedy Jr. (69%) receiving greater than 90 percent backing.
Hegseth previously served as a Fox News host.
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"You are an abuser of women — that is the ugly truth and I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around, and uses women for his own power and ego. You are that man (and have been for years) and as your mother, it pains me and embarrasses me to say that, but it is the sad, sad truth.
"I am not a saint, far from it.. so don’t throw that in my face,. but your abuse over the years to women (dishonesty, sleeping around, betrayal, debasing, belittling) needs to be called out.
"It’s time for someone (I wish it was a strong man) to stand up to your abusive behavior and call it out, especially against women.
Trump’s communications director Steven Cheung described The Times’ publishing of the email as “despicable.”
“The New York Times is despicable for using an out-of-context snippet of an illegally-obtained private email exchange between a mother and her son that does not accurately reflect the entirety of the conversation,” Cheung said in an emailed statement to The Hill.
“In subsequent emails, Mrs. Hegseth expressed regret for her emotional message and apologized,” he added.
Hegseth told investigators in a recently released 2017 police report that he had only consumed beer and was "'buzzed' but not intoxicated" at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa in northern California prior to a dispute sexual assault.
Hegseth's statement to police directly conflicts with a 2017 witness account − and with recent statements by Hegseth's attorney, who said he was visibly intoxicated on the night in question and that his alleged victim was "the aggressor in the encounter."
A 2015 whistleblower report obtained by The New Yorker described Hegseth as repeatedly intoxicated on the job as president of Concerned Veterans for America. The report also alleges that Hegseth and members of his management team pursued sexual relationships with the group’s female staff and ignored accusations of misconduct.
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