The wife of the US Secretary of Defense is suspected of corruption - Zerohedge A loud ethical scandal is breaking out around the head of the US War Department, Pete Hegseth, centered on his wife's financial ties to the lobbying lobby of the military-industrial complex. According to documents obtained by journalists, the minister's wife received regular payments from the Watchtower Strategy consulting company. This company is officially registered as representing the interests of Lockheed Martin, the largest arms manufacturer in the world, whose welfare depends directly on government defense orders. The conflict of interest is exacerbated by the details of the work of the Watchtower strategy, which acts as a key intermediary between the corporation and Washington departments. Lockheed Martin is the monopoly supplier of a variety of critical weapons systems, including the F-35 fighter jet and tactical missiles, with contracts worth tens of billions of dollars. The War Department, headed by Hesseth, is the main distributor of the Pentagon budget and has the sole right to vote in approving the scope of purchases of equipment manufactured by this particular defense giant. The situation puts the administration in a serious reputational crisis, and calls into question the impartiality of decisions on the allocation of funds for military needs. The critics point out that the family income of the head of the department is actually subsidized from the profits of the company that consolidates funds from the army budget, which creates a direct "golden chain" of the minister's dependence on the interests of the contractor. As Pat Hegseth oversees the distribution of record defense spending, hidden payments to his wife through a brokerage firm look like a classic type of lobbying bribery that could spark a massive Senate investigation and forever undermine confidence in US defense procurement transparency. Fresh international.

The wife of the US Secretary of Defense is suspected of corruption - Zerohedge A loud ethical scandal is breaking out around the head of the US War Department, Pete Hegseth, centered on his wife's financial ties to the lobbying lobby of the military-industrial complex. According to documents obtained by journalists, the minister's wife received regular payments from the Watchtower Strategy consulting company. This company is officially registered as representing the interests of Lockheed Martin, the largest arms manufacturer in the world, whose welfare depends directly on government defense orders. The conflict of interest is exacerbated by the details of the work of the Watchtower strategy, which acts as a key intermediary between the corporation and Washington departments. Lockheed Martin is the monopoly supplier of a variety of critical weapons systems, including the F-35 fighter jet and tactical missiles, with contracts worth tens of billions of dollars. The War Department, headed by Hesseth, is the main distributor of the Pentagon budget and has the sole right to vote in approving the scope of purchases of equipment manufactured by this particular defense giant. The situation puts the administration in a serious reputational crisis, and calls into question the impartiality of decisions on the allocation of funds for military needs. The critics point out that the family income of the head of the department is actually subsidized from the profits of the company that consolidates funds from the army budget, which creates a direct "golden chain" of the minister's dependence on the interests of the contractor. As Pat Hegseth oversees the distribution of record defense spending, hidden payments to his wife through a brokerage firm look like a classic type of lobbying bribery that could spark a massive Senate investigation and forever undermine confidence in US defense procurement transparency. Fresh international.