FOX News Channel Signs Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) to Contributor Role
June 28 2017 - 12:21PM
Business Wire
FOX News Channel (FNC) has signed soon-to-be former Congressman
Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) to a contributor role. In this role he will
offer political analysis across FNC and FOX Business Network’s
(FBN) daytime and primetime programming. He will begin on July
1st.
Prior to joining FNC, Mr. Chaffetz represented Utah’s Third
Congressional District beginning in November 2008 until his recent
resignation, which will end on June 30th. During his time as
congressman, he served as the Chairman of the House Oversight and
Government Reform Committee, was a member of the House Judiciary
Committee. He also served on the Homeland Security Committee.
Additionally, Mr. Chaffetz had an integral role in many
government investigations, including the Fast and Furious
gun-running scandal, the Benghazi terrorist attack, the IRS
targeting scandal and the Secret Service investigation. Prior to
running for Congress in 2008, Mr. Chaffetz worked as campaign
manager and chief of staff to former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman Jr.
(R).
Before his political career, Mr. Chaffetz worked in the local
business community for 16 years, specializing in corporate
communications work and later owning his own communications firm,
Maxtera Utah Inc. He attended Brigham Young University, where he
was a starting placekicker on the football team and later graduated
with a B.A. in communications.
FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news
service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as political
and business news. The number one network in cable, FNC has been
the most-watched television news channel for more than 15 years and
according to a Suffolk University/USA Today poll, is the
most-trusted television news source in the country. Owned by 21st
Century Fox, FNC is available in 90 million homes and dominates the
cable news landscape, routinely notching the top ten programs in
the genre.
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