ABC News relayed Financial Times reporting that Pete Hegseth's Morgan Stanley broker contacted BlackRock in February 2026 about a multimillion-dollar investment in its Defense Industrials Active ETF; the reported transaction did not proceed because the fund was not yet available to Morgan Stanley clients, and ABC said it had not independently confirmed the report.
Hegseth's broker was reported to have sought a defense-sector ETF purchase before the Iran war
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- 2026-03-30
- Evidence status
- alleged
- Current status
- Pentagon denied the report March 30; senators requested records April 1
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