Letter to Matthew Moroun concerning the Gordie Howe International Bridge
This primary source from House Oversight Committee Democrats supports 3 claims across 2 ledger entries.
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The lawmakers identify the Ambassador Bridge as owned by the Moroun family and the Gordie Howe International Bridge as a competing crossing.
Page 1: Moroun-family ownership and competing crossingMoroun meets Lutnick before Trump's bridge-opening threat · Meeting reported; subsequent threat documented in lawmakers' letter
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Garcia and Tlaib's February 18 letter cites reporting that Matthew Moroun met Howard Lutnick on February 9, after which Lutnick briefed Trump and Trump threatened to block the Gordie Howe International Bridge opening.
Page 1 opening and page 2 meeting chronologyMoroun meets Lutnick before Trump's bridge-opening threat · Meeting reported; subsequent threat documented in lawmakers' letter
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On February 18, Robert Garcia and Rashida Tlaib requested Moroun's meeting records, administration communications and political-payment records by March 4. The letter raises an undue-influence concern; it is a records request, not a finding.
Date on page 1; requests and deadline on pages 2-3Garcia and Tlaib request Moroun's administration communications · Records request issued by two House Democrats