There is nothing like a congressional investigation to make shady corporate dollars dry up.
Donald Trump has been drinking out of the corporate cash hose since he returned to the presidency. Corporations have given Trump hundreds of millions of dollars for everything from his presidential library to his ballroom and his 4th of July party. If Trump is vandalizing Washington, D.C. in some way, there will be corporate donations attached.
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Since Democrats won back control of Congress, Trump has been threatening top Democrats almost daily with a criminal investigation by the Department of Justice. The president’s latest move was to take JD Vance off the Iran deal and assign him to investigate corruption in blue states.
Donald Trump is flailing around and trying to deter congressional Democrats from investigating his donors.
The source of Trump’s panic is starting to become clearer as Democrats are locking in on investigative targets that aren’t covered by privileged communications.
Democrats are beginning to follow the money that has flowed into Trump’s pockets from corporations, and that has the president afraid.
The sum in question is not small. Trump has taken in $800 million in corporate donations, and House and Senate Democrats have lots of questions.