一家公共关系和政治咨询公司的高管（其妻子是前美国国土安全部（DHS）高级发言人），因被指利用妻子不正当获取该机构有利可图的合同，正要求参议院民主党人道歉。
周四，本杰明·约霍（Benjamin Yoho）致信佛蒙特州民主党参议员彼得·韦尔奇（Peter Welch）和康涅狄格州民主党参议员理查德·布卢门撒尔（Richard Blumenthal），矛头直指加利福尼亚州民主党参议员亚当·希夫（Adam Schiff）提及的一个人物，声称其公司“媒体战略集团”（The Strategy Group for Media）获得了1.43亿美元的分包合同。
约霍澄清，“媒体战略集团”受雇于国土安全部从事媒体工作，但规模远不及希夫所述。
“我们仅提供了有限的制作服务，为此获得了226,137.17美元的视频和音频制作费用，该金额约占[希夫]所提及合同金额的0.1%，”约霍在信中写道。
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2025年10月23日，美国国会大厦投票时的亚当·希夫参议员。（汤姆·威廉姆斯/国会山/盖蒂图片社）
他还指出，这些服务并非直接流向国土安全部。
“事实是，‘媒体战略集团’是由Safe America Media LLC公司聘请，作为其分包商承接制作工作，”约霍解释称，指的是与该机构合作的另一家公司。
约霍的妻子是特里西亚·麦克劳克林（Tricia McLaughlin），她是前国土安全部公共事务助理部长，已于上月离职。
国土安全部为麦克劳克林辩护，称丈夫公司从广告合同中获利数百万的指控“毫无根据”
这对夫妇与国土安全部的关联在参议院受到审查，当时前国土安全部部长克里斯蒂·诺姆（Kristi Noem）因一项2.2亿美元的广告宣传活动接受议员质询，该活动用于突出该机构的工作。希夫等民主党人暗示，2.2亿美元中的一部分流入了与该机构关系密切者的口袋。
“这一说法与事实不符，我恭敬地请求你让你的同事纠正正式记录并道歉，”约霍写道。
据报道，特朗普总统得知诺姆向参议员透露他批准了这场以她为主角的2.2亿美元国土安全部广告活动后，不久便将其解职。
听证会结束后有报道称，特朗普对诺姆在本月早些时候的两院司法委员会听证会上的表现“极为愤怒”，尤其是针对路易斯安那州共和党参议员约翰·肯尼迪（John Kennedy）等人质疑的广告合同。
据《国家评论》报道，特朗普对诺姆向肯尼迪暗示“他批准了一笔由她核心圈子相关公司分包的、由纳税人资助的广告”一事提出了异议。
福克斯新闻数字版已联系加利福尼亚州民主党参议员亚当·希夫、康涅狄格州民主党参议员理查德·布卢门撒尔和佛蒙特州民主党参议员彼得·韦尔奇的办公室寻求置评。
The top executive of a public relations and political consulting firm who is married to a former top Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson, is demanding an apology from Senate Democrats for allegations he used his wife to improperly secure lucrative contracts from the agency.
In a letter Thursday addressed to Sens. Peter Welch, D-Vt., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Benjamin Yoho took aim at a figure mentioned by Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., claiming his company, The Strategy Group for Media, had secured $143 million in subcontracts.
Yoho clarified that The Strategy Group for Media had been hired for media work at DHS, but not to the degree Schiff had outlined.
“We provided limited production services, for which we received $226,137.17 for video and audio production, a sum representing approximately one-tenth of one percent of the contract value [Schiff] referenced,” Yoho wrote in his letter.
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Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., during votes in the U.S. Capitol Oct. 23, 2025.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
He also noted that the services didn’t directly go to DHS.
“The facts are The Strategy Group for Media was hired by Safe America Media LLC to serve as a subcontractor to them for production work,” Yoho explained, referring to a separate company partnering with the agency.
Yoho is married to Tricia McLaughlin, the former assistant secretary for public affairs at DHS who left her job last month.
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The pair’s connection to DHS came under scrutiny in the Senate when former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem was probed by lawmakers about a $220 million ad campaign she had used to highlight the agency’s work. Democrats like Schiff hinted that some of that $220 million figure had ended up lining the pockets of those with close ties to the agency.
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DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin speaks during a news conference at ICE Headquarters in Washington, D.C., May 21, 2025.(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
“This statement is factually incorrect, and I respectfully request that you have your colleague correct the official record and issue an apology,” Yoho wrote.
Noem was removed as head of DHS shortly after President Donald Trump learned she told senators that he had approved the $220 million DHS ad campaign that featured her prominently throughout.
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Reports surfaced after the hearings saying that Trump was “furious” with Noem over her performance in bicameral Judiciary Committee hearings earlier this month, particularly over a contract for an advertisement that Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., and others grilled her on.
Trump reportedly took issue with her suggesting to Kennedy that Trump approved a taxpayer-funded ad subcontracted to a firm connected with her inner circle, according to National Review.
Fox News Digital reached out to the offices of Sens. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.; Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.; and Peter Welch, D-Vt., for comment.
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