Jennifer Hegseth received consulting payments

What each leads with

Daily Beast ↗ — Leads with “Damning Report on Wife’s Payday” and stresses Jennifer as “unofficial Pentagon adviser” whose consulting pay from a firm representing a DoD weapons contractor raises “questions about a potential conflict of interest.”; Highlights that the government paid Lockheed Martin over $66 billion in the same fiscal year and notes the Pentagon statement did not confirm whether Jennifer was screened for a security clearance.

ZeroHedge ↗ — Headlines “Knives Out” and emphasizes the firm as “Trump-connected,” listing its Republican founders and operatives while quoting its claim that Jennifer was hired only “for her TV contacts” and “has not interfaced with any clients” on defense…; Includes Matt Gaetz’s statement that “Wives of Cabinet members shouldn't be paid by lobbyists” and places the disclosure amid wider political attacks on Hegseth over the Iran War.


Hegseth Hit With Report on Wife’s Payday

Left: Daily Beast

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s wife was paid by a consulting firm representing a weapons manufacturer that works with the Department of Defense, a new report has revealed. Jennifer Hegseth, an unofficial Pentagon adviser to her husband, indicated on a disclosure form that Watchtower Strategy, an influential Trump-aligned public affairs firm that counts…

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Knives Out: Hegseth's Wife Reportedly Paid By Trump-Connected Firm That Also Worked For Lockheed

Right: ZeroHedge

Knives Out: Hegseth's Wife Reportedly Paid By Trump-Connected Firm That Also Worked For Lockheed Jennifer Hegseth, the wife of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, was paid last year by Watchtower Strategy, a Trump-connected Washington consulting firm that counted Lockheed Martin as a client the same year, according to Hegseth's annual financial disclosure…

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