President-elect Donald Trump’s Friday cabinet picks include former and current Fox News contributors.


Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, Trump’s pick for surgeon general, became a Fox News contributor at the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2024. She has been a Fox regular ever since, and she was on the air earlier this week. She is the only current Fox contributor in today’s batch of hires.


A Fox News spokesperson says Nesheiwat is no longer a contributor as of tonight.


Dr. Marty Makary, Trump’s pick for FDA commissioner, also became a paid Fox News contributor at the outset of the pandemic in March 2020. He was a paid contributor through mid-2024, according to a Fox News spokesperson. He was on Fox News Sunday last weekend promoting Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for HHS.


Sebastian Gorka, Trump’s pick to be senior director for counter-terrorism, was a Fox contributor in 2018 and 2019, but his primary media job now is radio host – he has been an afternoon drive time talk show host for Salem Radio Network for the past five years. His show is called “America First.” He also has a weekend show on Newsmax called “The Gorka Reality Check.” He was on the radio this afternoon.