Pete Hegseth’s drinking was such a problem it worried many of his colleagues at Fox News, according to a report published on Tuesday by NBC News. The claim is based on communication with ten employees who worked alongside President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense and discussed instances in which they suspected him of being under the influence of alcohol.

Ten current and former Fox employees say Trump’s pick for defense secretary drank in ways that concerned his co-workers. A Trump transition team spokesperson called the claims "completely unfounded and false.

Donald Trump’s Defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth's drinking alarmed his Fox colleagues, NBC News reports. Plus, in breaking news, three Republican sources with direct knowledge of Hegseth's nomination process tell NBC News that as many as six Senate Republicans,