John Knox
The data on this page comes from a financial disclosure filed by John Knox, who was picked to be: Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Health & Human Services in January, 2025. It is part of a collection of thousands of ethics documents ProPublica has been collecting from across the Trump administration.
Roles Outside Government
Officials are required to disclose paid or unpaid positions they hold or recently held outside the federal government, including roles as officer, director, trustee or employee. (Form 278e, Part 1)
| Organization | Position held | Endnote | Line No. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firefighters4Freedom Foundation | Treasurer, 9/2021 - Present | 1 | |
| National Firefighters4Freedom Foundation | Treasurer, 12/2021 - Present | 2 | |
| JSR Capital Holdings LLC | Managing Partner, 7/2022 - Present | Filer serves as the managing partner and holds a 5% ownership interest with the remaining 95% owned by the filer's spendthrift trust. This company performs work for the Strategic Response Partners; filer serves as an independent contractor in this role. | 3 |
| Spendthrift Trust #1 (Irrevocable) | Trustee, 3/2023 - Present | Filer is not a beneficiary of this trust, and the trust does not have any reportable holdings that would require an entry in Part 6 of this report. | 4 |
| Los Angeles City Fire Department | Firefighter/Para medic, 1/2001 - 11/2023 | 5 | |
| Strategic Response Partners | Independent Contractor, 5/2022 - Present | 6 |
Employment Assets
Officials are required to disclose assets associated with their employment, including salary, retirement accounts, stocks, intellectual property and awards or prizes. (Form 278e, Part 2)
Employment Agreements
Officials are required to disclose agreements relating to other jobs, including what will happen with any small businesses they own during government service and any continued health care coverage, planned leaves of absence, severance or bonuses. (Form 278e, Part 3)
| Organization | Agreement | Endnote | Line No. |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Los Angeles Deferred Compensation Plan | I continue to participate in this plan, however, in the course of legal proceedings, a joinder has been attached to the cash in this account and I may not receive payments until it is resolved. (2001-01-01) | 1 |
Compensation
Officials are required to disclose the sources of any compensation above $5,000 in a year. (Form 278e, Part 4)
| Organization | Description | Endnote | Line No. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strategic Response Partners | Independent contractor providing support for Disaster Management response | 1 |
Liabilities
Officials are required to disclose their liabilities totaling more than $10,000, as well as any linked to their spouse or dependent children. These include mortgages, credit card debt and student loans. The interest rates and loan repayment terms are also required. (Form 278e, Part 8)
About the Data
Most political appointees and senior officials in the executive branch are required by law to file public financial disclosure reports. These are documents that detail their financial holdings, positions they hold outside government, their spouse’s holdings, their liabilities and their recent financial transactions (such as buying or selling stock) during a defined reporting period.
The most senior officials file their disclosures with an agency called the Office of Government Ethics, and others file them with a designated ethics official within their agency. The Ethics in Government Act allows members of the public and the press to request these documents.
We’re publishing this information to give the public an important glimpse into the financial ties of a powerful and often hidden cadre of presidential appointees within the federal bureaucracy.
The main document type included in the database is the OGE Form 278e, which appointees must file when they are nominated (for Senate-confirmed appointees) or when they enter government (all others), and then annually while in the position. Another common document included is the OGE Form 278-T, also known as a periodic transaction report, which all public filers must submit within 30 days of a transaction. We are also making other ethics documents available, such as ethics agreements, certificates of divestiture and other documents we have obtained under the Ethics in Government Act.
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