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For-Profit Colleges Tap a Fox News Host to Influence Trump

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ProPublica
Published
2019-11-20
Accessed
2026-09-03
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    ProPublica reported on November 20, 2019 that Pete Hegseth, then a Fox News host who spoke with and dined with Donald Trump, had become the face of a for-profit-college trade-group campaign defending the federal 90/10 revenue-rule carveout for veterans' benefits, had made at least eleven appearances for the group and related organizations, and had pledged at its convention to advise Trump against legislation closing the carveout if Trump called; ProPublica reported that neither Hegseth nor the group disclosed whether it paid him and that two related op-eds did not disclose the work.

    November 20, 2019 investigation; Trump access, at least eleven appearances, policy pledge, compensation limits, and op-ed disclosures

    For-profit colleges enlisted Hegseth to press their policy case through his Trump access · ProPublica reported the advocacy; compensation from the trade group was not disclosed · reviewed 2026-09-03