Ballroom donors won $50B in contracts after giving to Trump project, watchdog group finds

[g5000]

I am asking you.

Are you saying Democrats would never commit fraud?

Of course they do.

Did Biden pardon them to the tune of $2 billion of lost restitution?

Nope.

Okay, then.

 

[drudge X]

Of course they do.

Did Biden pardon them to the tune of $2 billion of lost restitution?

Nope.

Okay, then.

How many Democrats went to jail in MN?

 

[1srelluc]

So? How many Projects did BIDEN get from Ukraine from his Coke sniffin' Brat?

Sigh, I suspect they had .gov contracts before so getting them after is a total nothingburger.

 

[San Souci]

Sigh, I suspect they had .gov contracts before so getting them after is a total nothingburger.

Of course--Orange Man Baaaaad. (sheep)

 

[markef]

I am sure its just a coincidence. Donor’s to Trump’s ballroom received $50Bn in sweet sweet government contracts. Totally coincidental.



Ballroom donors won $50B in contracts after giving to Trump project, watchdog group finds

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...er-giving-trump-ballroom-project-report-says/



President Donald Trump has repeatedly touted the gifts as a boon to taxpayers, but critics of the project say the administration’s refusal to release a full list of donors creates the potential for corruption.



More than half of the publicly identified donors to President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project have won new or expanded federal contracts worth more than $50 billion during the past six months, according to a report released Thursday by a government watchdog group.



Fourteen of the 27 known corporate donors to the $400 million project, which would replace the East Wing that Trump demolished in October, have seen their government business grow in that window, according to the report from Public Citizen, a nonprofit. Most of those same companies are also facing federal enforcement actions over alleged wrongdoing or have had such actions suspended by the Trump administration since the start of Trump’s second term, the nonprofit found.



The donors have sprawling interests that touch nearly every aspect of American life, including defense contracting, technology and energy. Trump has repeatedly touted the gifts as a boon to taxpayers, but critics of the project say the administration’s refusal to release a full list of donors creates the potential for corruption.



“These giant corporations aren’t funding the Trump ballroom fiasco out of the goodness of their hearts,” said Jon Golinger, a public policy advocate at Public Citizen and an author of the report. “They have massive interests before the federal government, and they hope to curry favor with, and receive favorable treatment from, the Trump administration.”



The analysis builds on a report from the group last fall that found the known donors held $279 billion in government contracts over the previous five years and had spent $1.6 billion on political contributions and lobbying during that time. The new report focuses on contracts awarded in most of the seven months since the East Wing’s demolition, which Trump’s critics have argued created new urgency around potential conflicts of interest.



Of the known donors, no single contributor received more new business with the government since giving to the project than Lockheed Martin. The defense giant received roughly $43.8 billion in new or expanded contract funding since last fall, according to the report.



Booz Allen Hamilton followed, with more than $4.2 billion, and Palantir, with just over $1 billion. Other donors that received new or increased contracts include Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Caterpillar and T-Mobile. (Amazon Executive Chairman Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post.) Altogether, more than two-thirds of corporate ballroom donors — 19 of 27 — have received government contracts over the past five and a half years, totaling $338 billion, the report says.



Sixteen of the 27 donors are facing federal enforcement actions or have had such actions suspended by the Trump administration, the report found, including major antitrust reviews involving Amazon, Apple, Meta and Nvidia; labor rights cases involving Google, Lockheed and Meta; and securities matters involving Coinbase and Ripple, whose cases have been dropped or scaled back under Trump.

Democrats claim Trump donors are getting contracts to do real work. Republicans claim democrat donors get cash to spend on themselves without working.

 

[1srelluc]

Show us.

According to post #10 they did. Of course he's one of yours so he started with the but, but, buts.

 

[Rawley]

There is a decent chance some people will go to jail over this.

Good luck with that.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

the story is bullshiiiit.....

Which part?

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

So? How many Projects did BIDEN get from Ukraine from his Coke sniffin' Brat?

You tell us. It's your fantasy.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Democrats claim Trump donors are getting contracts to do real work.

The aggressive stupidity here is painful.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Ok, are you saying Democrats would never do this?

Please cite when another President did this since 1900. I will exclude the first century as thats too fuzzy.

Have you seen the cost for the high speed rail in CA?

Did a US President get tens of millions in contributions to fund rail contracts in CA to those donors? Please cite which one.

How much have been spent, in billions that is, and how many miles of tracks laid?

You tell us. You brought it up. Did a US President get tens of millions in contributions to fund rail contracts in CA to those donors? Please cite which one.

 

[Rawley]

I meant Amazon. The whole ballroom is nothing but blatant, right in our face, corruption.

Again, what "blatant, right in our face, corruption?" The example you chose was Amazon. As it turns out, the investigation was closed before Trump was even elected President. And the FOIA lawsuit filed against Biden DOL is apparently still pending.

Seems the only "blatant, right in our face, corruption" is the damage caused to your brain by your virulent TDS.

 

[LeftofLeft]

I am sure its just a coincidence. Donor’s to Trump’s ballroom received $50Bn in sweet sweet government contracts. Totally coincidental.



Ballroom donors won $50B in contracts after giving to Trump project, watchdog group finds

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...er-giving-trump-ballroom-project-report-says/



President Donald Trump has repeatedly touted the gifts as a boon to taxpayers, but critics of the project say the administration’s refusal to release a full list of donors creates the potential for corruption.



More than half of the publicly identified donors to President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project have won new or expanded federal contracts worth more than $50 billion during the past six months, according to a report released Thursday by a government watchdog group.



Fourteen of the 27 known corporate donors to the $400 million project, which would replace the East Wing that Trump demolished in October, have seen their government business grow in that window, according to the report from Public Citizen, a nonprofit. Most of those same companies are also facing federal enforcement actions over alleged wrongdoing or have had such actions suspended by the Trump administration since the start of Trump’s second term, the nonprofit found.



The donors have sprawling interests that touch nearly every aspect of American life, including defense contracting, technology and energy. Trump has repeatedly touted the gifts as a boon to taxpayers, but critics of the project say the administration’s refusal to release a full list of donors creates the potential for corruption.



“These giant corporations aren’t funding the Trump ballroom fiasco out of the goodness of their hearts,” said Jon Golinger, a public policy advocate at Public Citizen and an author of the report. “They have massive interests before the federal government, and they hope to curry favor with, and receive favorable treatment from, the Trump administration.”



The analysis builds on a report from the group last fall that found the known donors held $279 billion in government contracts over the previous five years and had spent $1.6 billion on political contributions and lobbying during that time. The new report focuses on contracts awarded in most of the seven months since the East Wing’s demolition, which Trump’s critics have argued created new urgency around potential conflicts of interest.



Of the known donors, no single contributor received more new business with the government since giving to the project than Lockheed Martin. The defense giant received roughly $43.8 billion in new or expanded contract funding since last fall, according to the report.



Booz Allen Hamilton followed, with more than $4.2 billion, and Palantir, with just over $1 billion. Other donors that received new or increased contracts include Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Caterpillar and T-Mobile. (Amazon Executive Chairman Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post.) Altogether, more than two-thirds of corporate ballroom donors — 19 of 27 — have received government contracts over the past five and a half years, totaling $338 billion, the report says.



Sixteen of the 27 donors are facing federal enforcement actions or have had such actions suspended by the Trump administration, the report found, including major antitrust reviews involving Amazon, Apple, Meta and Nvidia; labor rights cases involving Google, Lockheed and Meta; and securities matters involving Coinbase and Ripple, whose cases have been dropped or scaled back under Trump.

Maybe Trump should have written a book or had one his children do some paintings. It’s worked for Obama, Clinton, and Biden..

 

[Zincwarrior]

How many Democrats went to jail in MN?

Did Trump pardon Dems in Minnesota? Thats what we are talking about.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Maybe Trump should have written a book or had one his children do some paintings. It’s worked for Obama, Clinton, and Biden..

He already has had several books written by ghost writers.

 

[LeftofLeft]

He has several books written by ghost writers.

And? They all do. What are the sales records of those books from Trump? Or, maybe Trump should start a foundation so donors can influence him that way. Perhaps charging people -including foreign government representatives- to stay in the Lincoln Bedroom??

If you don’t have a problem with donors influencing and benefiting from indirect donations they have done with other Presidents, spare us the fake outrage on Trump Ballroom donors. Oh, by the way, future Presidents and Americans will benefit from a White House Ballroom. How did Americans benefit from indirect influencing donations to Obama, Clinton, and Biden?

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

I meant Amazon. The whole ballroom is nothing but blatant, right in our face, corruption.

Da Ballroom! Da Ballroom!

 

[Zincwarrior]

And? They all do.

And? I was just responding to your comment about books. He's been there done that.