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8. Watchdog office to probe Mar-a-Lago members' influence at VA
Thu Apr 4, 2019, 02:24 AM
Apr 2019

By LORRAINE WOELLERT 11/26/2018 02:51 PM EST

The Government Accountability Office will investigate whether members of Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump’s private club in Palm Beach, Florida, improperly influenced the Department of Veterans Affairs, including over a $10 billion contract to modernize veterans’ health records, according to a letter from the watchdog office released by Democratic lawmakers Monday.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) had requested an investigation in August following reports that Trump confidant Ike Perlmutter, chairman of Marvel Entertainment, and Bruce Moskowitz, a West Palm Beach doctor, used their access to the club — and the president — to delay and shape a plan to overhaul digital health records at the VA ...

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/26/mar-a-lago-trump-investigation-va-contracts-1015803

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