Pete Hegseth, the veteran Fox News host and President Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon, will reveal his salary at the cable news network as part of the next step in his confirmation process as a cabinet nominee for the incoming administration. I made it.
Hegseth co-hosted “Fox & Friends Weekend” at the network since 2017, earning $4,602,340 in salary over two years before resigning after President Donald Trump appointed him director in November. He said he was there. defensive role.
Hegseth also earned between $100,000 and $1 million in rent/royalty income for his book Battle for the American Mind at HarperCollins and for his book Battle for the American Mind at HarperCollins. The $348,000 advance was disclosed in a Jan. 13 filing with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. Same publisher. He has also received tens of thousands of dollars ($25,000 from the National Rifle Association and $25,000 from the Heritage Foundation) for speeches and speeches he has given to various business and political groups over the past several years. (including) collected honoraria.
The Fox News host was a surprise selection, one of several people selected in haste by President Trump just days after winning the presidential election. In announcing his selection, President Trump said, “There is no one who fights better for our troops. Pete will be a courageous and patriotic defender of our country’s ‘peace through strength’ policy.”
Hegseth, an Army National Guard veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, has been the subject of intense scrutiny. Days after his nomination, allegations surfaced that a woman filed a complaint with Monterey police in 2017 alleging sexual assault. Mr. Hegseth denied the allegations and Mr. Trump supported his choice. “This police report confirms what I have always said: The incident was thoroughly investigated and police determined the allegations were false,” Hegseth’s attorney Timothy Parlatore told CNN in November. “This confirms that he did so, and that’s why he was not prosecuted.”
Hegseth is scheduled to speak at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on January 14 at the Capitol as part of the confirmation process.
