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Trump's sons backed Powerus while the drone company sought Pentagon business
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- 2026-03-11
- Entry type
- family-linked-defense-bid
- Evidence status
- reported
- Current status
- Powerus was seeking Pentagon drone work as of March 24; the senators asked whether any award existed
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- 2
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