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Hegseth earned $4.6M in salary as Fox News host in past 2 years, nearly $1M in speaking engagements

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Published
2025-01-13
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2026-09-03
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    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.

    January 13, 2025 review of filing; lines reporting salary, speaking total, reporting period, and defense-stock bands

    Hegseth disclosed $4.6 million in Fox pay, $900,000 in speaking fees, and defense-stock holdings · Nominee financial disclosure filed with the Office of Government Ethics · reviewed 2026-09-03