So why ask her then if she apologized?
In the interview, she defended her son and disavowed the sentiments she had expressed in the initial email about his character and treatment of women. “It is not true. It has never been true,” she said. She added: “I know my son. He is a good father, husband.” She said that publishing the contents of the first email was “disgusting.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/us/politics/pete-hegseth-mother-email.html
https://archive.ph/sx1Pz