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Pentagon Awarded $350 Million in Contracts to Firm Tied to Senior Official
Original: The Pentagon Gave $350 Million in Contracts to a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Department Official
The Pentagon awarded roughly $350 million in contracts to a company closely connected to a senior Defense Department official, according to ProPublica. The official, a former partner at Alvarez & Marsal Capital, departed the firm after ProPublica began examining his financial ties. Critics see the deals as part of a broader pattern of firms close to the Trump administration winning lucrative federal contracts, raising conflict-of-interest concerns.
Why now: New ProPublica reporting raises conflict-of-interest concerns about defense contracting under the Trump administration.
PentagonAlvarez & Marsal CapitalProPublicaDefense DepartmentTrump administration
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- The Pentagon Gave $350 Million in Contracts to a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Department Official · ProPublica
The top Pentagon official left Alvarez & Marsal Capital after ProPublica started looking into his financial ties. The contracts with a related company are another example of firms close to the Trump administration landing lucrative deals.
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