Mike Rogers' Senate Run Shadowed by Aegis Contract Controversy

Mike Rogers married Kristi Clemens in 2010; she later became senior executive of the British-founded private security firm Aegis. In January 2011 Rogers was appointed chair of the House Intelligence Committee, a position that gave him access to classified intelligence. Within seven months Aegis secured a contract valued at more than $1 billion to protect the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. Financial disclosures reviewed by Drop Site News show that the Rogers household’s reported investment holdings rose from $136,000–$391,000 in the first year of their marriage to $230,000–$925,000 three years later.

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Conservatives including commentator Dick Morris and former U.S. attorney Joe diGenova have alleged that Rogers slow-walked the 2012 Benghazi investigation to shield his wife’s firm, which was active in Libya at the time. The same source emphasized that those policies were “strictly observed and enforced.”

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Business Insider reported that Rogers received nearly $2 million in payments from technology and cybersecurity companies between January 2022 and late 2023. Drop Site News estimated the couple’s combined net worth at about $1.7 million when Rogers left Congress in 2015 and projected a range of $7 million to $14 million as of 2026. Rogers has taken board positions with several military-contracting and cybersecurity firms since his departure from public office.

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A Rogers campaign spokesperson responded that the accusation that Rogers used his congressional position to protect his family “is patently false.”

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The Senate race is set to be decided in the November 3 election, a contest that could determine whether Democrats regain control of the chamber. Both campaigns are focusing on national-security credentials and the perceived influence of private-sector earnings on public service.

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