Mar-a-Lago Members and Veterans Affairs Decision-Making
- Promised
- Trump campaigned on an ethics-reform plan framed as draining the swamp in Washington.Open cited record · 1 source
- The record
- Trump publicly identified Isaac Perlmutter and other private citizens as people he and VA would consult.Open cited record · 1 sourceGAO documented the scope and time frames of their interactions with VA officials between 2016 and 2018.Open cited record · 2 sources
- Who gained
- Isaac Perlmutter, Bruce Moskowitz and Marc Sherman
- Who paid
- Veterans receiving VA services
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Audit finding
- contradicted
Trump connected private associates from his club to VA leadership, and the resulting advisory channel operated outside ordinary federal appointment and transparency structures.
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