Beit Higseth, the current US Defense Secretary, confirmed that his younger brother, Phil Higseth, is a prominent position inside the Pentagon.
Phil HegSeth works as a senior adviser to the Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Security and access to the Ministry of Defense.
This prominent role has given the unique experiences UFC Champion, visit to Guantanamo BayCurrently, the Minister of Defense is accompanied on his opening flight to the Indian Pacific Ocean on the Pentagon 747 plane.
In 1967, the Federal favoritism law prohibits government officials to employ, promote or recommend their relatives to any civil position they exercise.
In response to the inquiry by Associated Press, Wilson said: “Phil Higseth, one of the talented DHS calls to DOD, runs contact points with US Coast Guard officials on the Indian and Pacific Secretary,” which includes stopping in Hawaii, Jami, the Philippines and Japan.
The security security, DHS, was highlighted as one of the most important priorities for the president Donald TrumpThousands of American forces were deployed on the border to help DHS curb illegal immigration.
This image is presented by the Ministry of Internal Security, Philip Higseth at the headquarters of the National Security Ministry in Washington, February 24, 2025
It is common for Ministry of Defense And other federal agencies for communications. Each military branch sends communications to the Capitol Hill. All Pentagon, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and others are all communications between agencies to coordinate more closely and maintain tabs on politics.
Michael Vulings, the administrative partner of Tully Rinckey Plc, a specialist in the Federal Employment Law, said it is not common to be filled with these senior positions by family members of the cabinet heads.
Based on his autobiography available to the audience at Phil HegSeth, his previous experience includes the establishment of his podcast production company, the embassy and the third, and working on social media and podcasts at the Hudson Institute.
Jennifer Rothshette, the third from the left, and the Fifth of Higseth, the fifth of the left, listens to the fact that the Higseth Beit appears in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee for his confirmation session to be the Minister of Defense, in the Capitol in Washington, January 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquélyn Martin, file) (Copyright 2025 The Costmy Classe.
This is not the first time that Phil HegSeth has worked alongside his older brother. When the Higseth CEO of the Old Warriors Company concerned with America, a non -profit organization that had made financial difficulty during his time there, his brother paid $ 108,000 to carry out media relations for the organization, according to federal tax records.
In a statement, the Ministry of Internal Security confirmed the title of Higseth’s functional elephant and said that “the task between agencies is part of the preview of Mr. Higseth, which is supposed to mean” jurisdiction. “
DHSN Felle Higseth, while he was on the India and Pacific journey, met with representatives of internal security investigations, the law enforcement arm in the department, other DHS components and agencies partners.
The Pentagon did not respond to a request to meet Phil HegSeth. The Pentagon nor the Ministry of Internal Security did not respond to inquiries about its qualifications for this position.
He was his brother’s close ally, as he appeared next to him throughout his dangerous confirmation of the Senate. In the pictures, as the Higseth house walked in the Congress halls, the Higseth elephant is often beside it.
He now has offices below the hall along him along the Pentagon’s electronic episode, according to an American official familiar with the office’s website, which spoke on the condition that his identity is not disclosed to discuss sensitive matters.
Defense Minister Beit Higseth exercises on March 25, 2025, at the Burel Harbour Hikam joint base. (Ministry of Defense)
He offered many photos published by the Minister of Defense for Flech Welle Higseth at the secretary’s table, where he met prominent officials or guests, including Ultimate Fighting Championship Conor McGregor This month.
He traveled to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, with Higseth House in February.
Population of the laws of favoritism
A photo of a desktop -based organizational risk that was obtained by the Associated Press Press Higseth in a small group of officials directly under his brother, with Higseth’s Phil’s Phil
Valencing said the additional review of the employment of Phil Higseth will be necessary to determine whether it has been subjected to federal patronage laws, “but it does not pass the scent test.”
However, if he is working entirely by the Ministry of National Security, “would avoid a violation of favoritism, unless it could show that (Higseth’s Beit) was involved in employment or confirmed his authority to help employ his brother.”
The Ministry of National Security did not immediately respond to a request to comment on whether it was fully employed Higseth’s elephant, whether it was paid and if this is the case at the level of federal wages.
There are also some exceptions to the law of favoritism of the President’s Office. During his first term, Trump appointed his son -in -law Jared Kushner To serve as a great advisor. When he was president, Bill Clinton His name is the first lady Hillary Clinton To work in its health care team.
in Biden The administration, Jake Sullivan, served as the president’s national security advisor while his brother, Tom Sullivan, was the deputy chief of staff of the Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
