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Was Mike Rogers an Army officer and an FBI agent?

Matches stated record claim. The official Congressional Directory lists him as an Army captain and an FBI special agent on public corruption and organized crime; it does not say he worked in Chicago.

Mike Rogers

Army officer and FBI agent

Matches stated record claim

What they say

In the October 8 WOOD TV8 debate, Rogers said he was a U.S. Army officer and an FBI special agent, and that as an agent in Chicago he did fugitive raids.

What the record shows ·

The official Congressional Directory of 2014 lists his military service as "U.S. Army, Captain" and his work before Congress as "FBI Special Agent, assigned to public corruption and organized crime units". The House's own biography dates his Army service 1985-1989 and his FBI service 1989-1994.

Limit: Neither record says where he was posted or lists the cases he worked, so Chicago and the fugitive raids are his own account.

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  1. WOOD TV8 debate, October 8: Rogers on his FBI work in Chicagohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHvWDkko23U&t=1165s

    WOOD TV8 · Published Oct 8, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    19:25. Paraphrased from YouTube's captions of the station's video; no second transcript was found to confirm the exact words.

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  2. WOOD TV8 debate, October 8: Rogers on his Army and FBI servicehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHvWDkko23U&t=1675s

    WOOD TV8 · Published Oct 8, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    27:55, repeated in his closing at 55:08. Paraphrased from YouTube's captions of the station's video.

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  3. Official Congressional Directory, 113th Congress (February 2014), Michigan delegationhttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CDIR-2014-02-18/CDIR-2014-02-18-MI

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Feb 18, 2014 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The official directory's entry for the Eighth District, Mike Rogers, Republican, of Howell. It gives "military service: U.S. Army, Captain", "professional: FBI Special Agent, assigned to public corruption and organized crime units", "committees: chair, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence", and says he was elected to the 107th Congress on November 7, 2000 and reelected to each succeeding Congress. Read as the GovInfo granule CDIR-2014-02-18-MI.

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  4. ROGERS, Mike (R000572), Biographical Directoryhttps://history.house.gov/People/Detail/20789

    U.S. House of Representatives, History, Art & Archives · Reviewed Sep 24, 2026

    The House's biography of Michigan's Mike Rogers, born 1963 (not the Alabama member of the same name). It gives "United States Army, 1985-1989; Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1989-1994".

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