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Pentagon Confirms MAGA Influencer Role, Refuses Details

8/28/2026

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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth assembled an online MAGA influencer army, some as Pentagon special government employees.
Jennica Pounds, “Data Republican,” has been a temporary Pentagon special government employee since July.
The Pentagon confirmed Pounds’s role but refused to detail her duties.
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) called the revelations “the scandal of the century” and questioned undisclosed government-paid influencers.

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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth assembled an online MAGA influencer army, some as Pentagon special government employees.
Jennica Pounds, “Data Republican,” has been a temporary Pentagon special government employee since July.
The Pentagon confirmed Pounds’s role but refused to detail her duties.
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) called the revelations “the scandal of the century” and questioned undisclosed government-paid influencers.