Top Oversight Democrat Pushes Pentagon Watchdog to Probe 'Shady' Trump Family Contracts

[Brenda]

May 8, 2026

The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee is urging the watchdog overseeing the Pentagon to investigate “shady” defense contracts that may have benefited the family of President Donald Trump.

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the ranking member of the Oversight Committee, sent a letter on Friday to the Department of Defense inspector general, Platte B. Moring III, calling for an investigation after the administration “repeatedly awarded lucrative DOD contracts to companies after they became affiliated with the president’s sons,” Eric and Donald Trump Jr.

He pointed to a contract awarded last week for the Air Force to buy an undisclosed number of interceptor drones from the West Palm Beach-based company Powerus, drones that Bloomberg reported have never been used in combat. The company has not disclosed the terms of the deal or the size of the contract.
But the deal instantly raised eyebrows, given that just a month before, the Trump sons were brought on board as Powerus investors after a golf course company they backed, Aureus Greenway Holdings, announced plans to merge with the drone manufacturer.

Democrats need to keep pounding away at this corruption!

We are all exhausted with the firehose of lies coming out of this administration.

We know you're limited within the technicalities of our government but you need to RAISE THE FUCKING FIRE ALARM EVERY TIME YOU SPEAK TO THE MEDIA!

1. Illegal War
2. Illegal murder of fishing boat people
3. Illegal tearing down the East Wing of the White House
Many more...

https://www.commondreams.org/news/dems-investigate-trump-family-contracts

[dutch777]

1. Totally appropriate but let's be careful what drama we choose before the midterms. Why I hate the impeachment talk.

Does Trump deserve it, absolutely. But there are those who might vote our way, or at least just stay home on election day, but because they see their maniac in trouble, will vote his way anyway just out of some crazy sense of loyalty or just because they are equally crazy. Let's not give them the incentive before November.3rd