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19 people who have gone through the revolving door between Fox News and the Trump administration

President Donald Trump has an incredibly close relationship with Fox News and certain Fox hosts.

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  • Since Trump took office, his administration has also hired over a dozen current and former Fox News executives and contributors to serve in a wide range of roles.
  • Here are 19 people who have worked both for Fox News and have severed in Trump's administration.
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President Donald Trump has a well-documented love of Fox News, known to spend hours watching (and sometimes live-tweeting) Fox programming and even calling his favorite Fox hosts, like Sean Hannity and Lou Dobbs , for advice.

Since Trump took office, his administration has also hired over a dozen current and former Fox News reporters and contributors to serve in both high-level cabinet and deputy chief of staff posts, as ambassadors, and in communications roles at federal agencies, according to an analysis by Matt Gertz, a senior fellow at the liberal media watchdog Media Matters.

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And some former administration officials including Trump's trusted former communications director Hope Hicks have left the White House to work at Fox.

Trump's cozy relationship with the network has created a well-oiled revolving door between Fox and the Trump administration.

Here are 19 people who have worked both for Fox News and have served in Trump's administration.

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SEE ALSO: Trump was reportedly swayed by Fox News hosts into almost shutting down the government

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