Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be defense secretary, drank in a way that worried his Fox News colleagues during his time as an anchor at the network, according to a report from NBC News on Tuesday.

Citing ten current and former Fox News employees, NBC News reported:

NBC News noted that none of the sources could recall an instance in which Hegseth missed a scheduled appearance because he had been drinking.

A spokesman for the Trump transition team told NBC News: “These vile allegations are completely baseless and false, and anyone spreading these defamatory lies to get political cheap shots is disgusting.” A decorated combat veteran, Pete has never done anything, what could jeopardize that, and he sees his nomination as the most important commitment of his life.”

Timothy Parlatore, Hegseth’s attorney, referred NBC News to the Trump transition spokesman’s statement. Fox News did not respond to NBC News’ request for comment.

The NBC News report follows a New Yorker investigation published Monday into several allegations against Hegseth while he led two different nonprofit veterans groups, including that he was frequently drunk at public events and was guilty of sexual improprieties.

One person who contributed to a whistleblower report about Hegseth’s time at Concerned Veterans for America told the New Yorker anonymously: “I saw him drunk so many times. I’ve seen him get dragged away not a few times several just. Having him in the Pentagon would be scary.”

Neither MSNBC nor NBC News has verified The New Yorker’s reporting. When asked for comment, Parlatore sent The New Yorker a statement from an “advisor” to Hegseth in which he called the claims “outlandish” and said they were “made by a petty, jealous, disgruntled former employee of Mr. Hegseth “has been expressed.

Hegseth was under intense scrutiny because of his previous statements and alleged behavior. Much of this resurfaced after Trump announced the former Fox News host as his choice to lead the Pentagon.

Hegseth was also accused of sexually assaulting a woman he met at a Republican women’s conference in 2017. Police had investigated the incident and no charges were filed against him. Monterey County, Calif., District Attorney Jeannine Pacioni said in a statement last month that her office declined to file charges at the time because “no charges were supported by evidence beyond a reasonable doubt.”

However, Hegseth has admitted to paying his accuser an undisclosed sum “as part of a civil confidential settlement agreement” but insists the encounter was consensual.

The New York Times reported last week that Hegseth’s mother sent him an email in 2018 accusing him of being a “wife abuser” during his contentious divorce from his second wife. His mother, Penelope Hegseth, told the Times she sent the email “in anger” and immediately sent him a follow-up email apologizing.