Mar-a-Lago Members and Veterans Affairs Decision-Making: The record

Reporting and findings

1. documented

   Trump publicly identified Isaac Perlmutter and other private citizens as people he and VA would consult.

   • U.S. Government Accountability Office: Private Citizens' Involvement in Decision-Making at the Department of Veterans AffairsPurpose, scope and timing of private citizens' interactions with VA, 2016-2018
2. documented

   GAO records Trump's public identification of the private advisers and their subsequent VA interactions.

   • U.S. Government Accountability Office: Private Citizens' Involvement in Decision-Making at the Department of Veterans AffairsPurpose, scope and timing of private citizens' interactions with VA, 2016-2018