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“The Defense Department has not produced a single document in this investigation,” said a senior Democratic aide on the oversight panel. “The committee will be forced to consider alternative steps if the Pentagon does not begin complying voluntarily in the coming days.”
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Natasha Bertrand
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BREAKING: House Oversight is investigating whether US military expenditures have been propping up Trump Turnberry. A peculiar refueling stop in Glasgow by a US Air Force crew, who stayed overnight at the resort—there & back—tipped them off. Our exclusive: politico.com/story/2019/09/…
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Natasha Bertrand
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One crew member was so struck by the choice of hotel—markedly different than the Marriotts and Hiltons the 176th maintenance squadron is used to—that he texted someone close to him and said the crew’s per diem allowance wasn’t enough to cover food and drinks at the ritzy resort.
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Natasha Bertrand
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Had the crew needed to make a stop in the U.K.—which they have never done before on this routine trip—Lakenheath Air Base is situated nearby in England. The layover might have been cheaper, too: the military gets billed at a higher rate for fuel at commercial airports.
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Natasha Bertrand
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It should also be noted that the military has spent $11 million on fuel at Prestwick Airport — the closest airport to Trump Turnberry, where this particular crew’s plane refueled in March — since October 2017. That fuel would be cheaper if purchased at a U.S. military base.
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Bill Farley
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Of course they haven't produced any documents.
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Bill Farley
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Russia, if you're reading this, please find the millions of documents the Trump Administration has yet to turn over for anything....
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Gillhoolee 🍁
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🍁 It's not enough that The US Military's funds now have to build a Wall Trump promised Mexico would pay for ,
but now they have to 'keep the lights on' at his crappy resorts.
He & Pence should be frog marched out the front door of US politics for being the Grifters they are.
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The Sparrow Project
@sparrowmedia
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Thanks to the work of @PropOTP we have a portion of the receipts for Department of Defense spending at Trump Properties. These receipts for $138,093 are but a mere piece of the tapestry of domestic emoluments violations being accrued: propertyofthepeople.org/document-detai…
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Two Fingers Media
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Of course this is emoluments infraction, but he's really destroying the government from the inside out. @SpeakerPelosi needs to give the American people what they deserve -- Impeach this President.
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Gene
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As a vet, I hope they do everything they can to uncover everything that’s been happening with regards to USAF malfeasance. This is outrageous
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TaraWeaver
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Did you see? Turns out the media in Scotland had this story in June, 2019. The Trump administration has signed a refueling contract with Prestwick and have had 650 refuels there since 10/2017. On October 1 they are due to extend the refueling contract until 9/2024.
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Alex
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"alternative steps" like giving them 30 days to comply before giving them another 30 days, followed by another 30 day notice and a sternly-worded ethics complaint
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Chuck Peters
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