GAO to investigate whether Mar-a-Lago members had undue influence at VA
Source: The Hill
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has accepted a request from two senators to investigate whether a group of Mar-a-Lago members wielded undue influence over Trump administration policies at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
The GAO will probe whether a few Mar-a-Lago members close to President Trump, who owns the Florida resort, weighed in on the timing and content of a digital health records overhaul at the VA.
Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Brian Schatz (Hawaii) in August sent a letter to the GAO requesting the investigation, citing a ProPublica report that concluded three of Trump's "Mar-a-Lago cronies" were "secretly shaping the Trump administration's veterans policies."
"These accounts and others detailed in the ProPublica investigation, if true, paint a disturbing picture of corruption and cronyism that is not only antithetical to transparent, accountable, and ethical government, but will make it more difficult for the Secretary to lead the VA in a way that allows him to exercise his independent judgment," Warren and Schatz wrote in their letter.
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