Investigation Reveals Former HPSCI Chair Rogers Wife Won Major Intelligence Contracts While He Served as Intel Chair

Drop Site News reported on October 13, based on its review of Mike Rogers's congressional financial disclosures, that the household's reported investment income rose after he became House Intelligence Committee chair in January 2011 1. His wife Kristi, an executive at the contractor Aegis, held senior posts there, and Aegis won a $1.017 billion Kabul embassy security contract seven months later, on July 29, 2011 12. Drop Site said House rules do not require disclosure of spouse salary, and a Common Dreams article citing the same filings put the couple's net worth at about $1.7 million in 2015 and an estimated $7 million to $14 million now 13. The committee had a no-interaction policy with Aegis, Judicial Watch found no evidence of wrongdoing, and a Rogers spokesperson called the accusation "patently false" 13. Democratic opponent Abdul El-Sayed and the Michigan Democratic Party are amplifying the report 34.