Pentagon Watchdog to Review Border-Wall Contract Awarded to Company Repeatedly Praised by Trump
Posted on AllSides December 12th, 2019
From The Right
Following a request from Democratic lawmakers, the Pentagon’s watchdog will audit a recent Army Corps of Engineers decision to award a $400 million border-wall contract to a North Dakota company that was repeatedly praised by President Trump.
According to NBC News, which reviewed a copy of the letter sent from the Department of Defense (DoD) inspector general to the House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson (D., Miss.), the audit has been initiated and will be formally announced soon.
Thompson sent a letter to the DoD on December 4...
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