Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers of Michigan earned more than $420,000 as a board member of the MITRE Corporation, a consultancy now helping Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plan the future of U.S. warfare, according to tax filings cited by Drop Site News.
Rogers served on MITRE’s board of trustees, including a stint as chair, for six years through 2023, leaving as he launched his first Senate campaign, the outlet reports.
IRS records detail his annual earnings, and the CEO said he was brought on for his “vast national security expertise.”
MITRE is coordinating Project Meridian: “The Future of Warfare,” announced by Hegseth on Sept. 30 as an effort to study future warfare, Drop Site says. Hegseth named tech tycoon Elon Musk, former GOP congressional leader Newt Gingrich, and defense entrepreneur Palmer Luckey as top officials.
Some have raised conflict-of-interest questions, with former defense officials telling NPR the project could steer the military toward drones and space assets that Musk’s and Luckey’s companies make. Musk is among Rogers’ largest supporters through his America PAC.
Rogers’ support for the Iran war has been a liability as he has navigated his fight against Democratic opponent Abdul El-Sayed, the report noted. A poll cited by the outlet shows up to 67 percent of Michigan voters disapprove of the war.
In March, Rogers said the war’s end “should be conditional,” but in recent weeks he has been trying to downplay his old hawkishness, even telling Fox News “we need to start wrapping it down.”
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