Congress Pressing Probe Of Mar-A-Lago Influence Peddling

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The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee is broadening its investigation into the growing scandal around wealthy members of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort who have exerted undue influence on American veterans policy, despite having no official government position and no experience with veterans issues.

Until recently, the scandal centered around three Mar-a-Lago members in particular — but a recent report from ProPublica offered evidence that the problem was even more widespread.

That’s why Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA), chair of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, sent a letter late last week to the Department of Veterans Affairs demanding to know just how deep the corruption goes.

View the complete March 17 article by Dan Desai Martin with The American Independent on the National Memo website here.