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Hegseth disclosed $4.6 million in Fox pay, $900,000 in speaking fees, and defense-stock holdings

Date
2025-01-13
Entry type
financial-disclosure
Current status
Nominee financial disclosure filed with the Office of Government Ethics
Last reviewed
2026-09-03

Hegseth disclosed compensation and asset-value bands; the filing reported no Pentagon contract value or personal profit from a government award.

Entities and roles

Relationships in this file

  1. Donald J. TrumpTrump defense nominee's disclosed compensation and holdingsPete Hegseth

Money trail

  1. paymentFox News salary reported by Hegseth$4,602,340
    Paid by / source
    Fox News
    Received by
    Pete Hegseth
    realized · 2025-01-13 · observedPopulation Salary Fox News paid Pete Hegseth during the disclosure reporting periodPeriod 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-23Basis Exact salary stated in Hegseth's OGE Form 278e and independently checked against ABC's review of the filing.Limits Compensation income, not net worth, a defense-contract value, or personal profit from a government award.Open cited evidence
  2. feeSpeaking fees reported by Hegseth$900,000
    Fee payer / source
    Forty speaking-engagement hosts
    Fee recipient
    Pete Hegseth
    realized · 2025-01-13 · observedPopulation Fees paid to Pete Hegseth for forty speaking engagements during the disclosure reporting periodPeriod 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-23Basis Used ABC News's calculation from the itemized OGE disclosure after its published correction to one event's fee.Limits ABC reports the aggregate as $900,000; it is compensation income, not net worth or government-contract revenue.Open cited evidence

Claims and evidence

  1. factdocumented

    During Donald Trump's nomination of Pete Hegseth for defense secretary, Hegseth's January 13, 2025 financial disclosure reported $4,602,340 in Fox News salary and ABC calculated $900,000 in fees from forty speaking engagements for the January 1, 2023–December 23, 2024 reporting period; it also reported $1,001–$15,000 holdings in each of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, asset-value bands rather than contract awards or realized profit.