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Audit Finds No Undue Influence From WH, Congress in Awarding of Border Wall Contract
Newsweek ^ | 16 November 2021 | ZOE STROZEWSKI

Posted on 11/17/2021 2:21:54 AM PST by blueplum

A probe into a $400 million border wall contract found that there was no undue influence when it was awarded to a North Dakota-based firm, according to audit results released Monday by the Pentagon's inspector general. Tommy Fisher, the president of Fisher Sand and Gravel Co., made multiple appearances on Fox News to campaign for the job ahead of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' decision to give his firm the contract, the Associated Press reported.

Building a wall along Mexico's shared border with the U.S. was a top campaign platform and administration priority for former President Donald Trump.

Trump called on the Army Corps multiple times to choose Fisher Sand and Gravel for the job. Jared Kushner, the former president's son-in-law and senior adviser, also backed the company...

...House Homeland Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, a Democrat from Mississippi, requested the investigation last year...

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: borderwall; fishersand; trumpwasright; witchhunts

1 posted on 11/17/2021 2:21:54 AM PST by blueplum
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To: blueplum

Then why did it stop? Oh, that’s right...


2 posted on 11/17/2021 2:27:45 AM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: blueplum

Democrats are constantly looking for something to pin on Trump. They must be frustrated with how clean he is compared to them. I wish Republicans exerted even half as much energy digging into what the likes of the Bidens and Pelosis do.


3 posted on 11/17/2021 5:16:21 AM PST by KittyKares (We need President Trump!)
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