https://thehill.com/homenews/admini...jackson-for-promotion-amid-investigation-into Trump taps Ronny Jackson for promotion amid investigation into allegations of misconduct President Trump has re-nominated White House doctor Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson to be promoted to two-star admiral amid the Pentagon’s ongoing investigation into Jackson regarding alleged misconduct. The White House sent a letter to the Senate on Jan. 15 offering Jackson’s promotion for consideration, The Washington Post reported Saturday. The letter came amid an ongoing investigation opened by the Pentagon's top watchdog, the Defense Department's (DOD) Inspector General's Office, into allegations that surfaced after Trump nominated Jackson to become secretary of Veterans Affairs. https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/01/politics/trump-president-annual-physical-walter-reed/index.html Trump's annual physical will be next Friday at Walter Reed
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2019/02/04/trump-nominate-david-bernhardt-former-lobbyist-next-interior-secretary/?utm_term=.7d68453c22e0 Trump to nominate David Bernhardt, a former lobbyist, as the next Interior secretary President Trump tweeted Monday that he will nominate David Bernhardt, a veteran lobbyist who has helped orchestrate the push to expand oil and gas drilling at the Interior Department, to serve as its next secretary. If confirmed, Bernhardt, a 49-year old Colorado native known for his unrelenting work habits, would be well positioned to roll back even more of the Obama-era conservation policies he has worked to unravel since joining Interior a year and-a-half ago. He has helmed the department as acting secretary since Jan. 2, when Ryan Zinke resigned amid multiple ethics probes. In the last two years Interior has auctioned off more than 16.8 million acres of public land for oil and gas drilling, according to the advocacy group Center for Biological Diversity, 2.3 million of which was leased. In the first quarter of 2019, nearly 2.3 million more acres are on the chopping block. Bernhardt has played a key role in shrinking two national monuments in southern Utah, as well as pushing to open up the land now outside their boundaries for coal and mineral mining.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...nnected-individuals-influence-over-va-n969611 House VA committee to probe Trump-connected individuals' influence over VA Three men "ostensibly used their wealth and connections to President Trump and his family to make decisions" for the VA, according to Rep. Mark Takano US President Donald Trump shakes Ike Perlmutter, CEO of Marvel Entertainment, hand before signing an executive order at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs April 27, 2017 in Washington, DC.Brendan Smialowski / AFP - By Phil McCausland The chairman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee announced his intention to open an investigation in how three men "ostensibly used their wealth and connections to President Trump and his family to make decisions" for the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to a letter he sent to the agency on Friday. Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., the chairman of the committee, requested documents, communications and telephone records between VA officials and Marvel Entertainment Chairman Ike Perlmutter, Palm Beach doctor Bruce Moskowitz and attorney Marc Sherman. His letter was addressed to VA Secretary Robert Wilkie.
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https://www.philly.com/politics/nat...ral-loan-president-donald-trump-20190224.html Kushner Cos. seek $1.1B federal loan in biggest deal in decade, sources say (Bloomberg) — Kushner Cos., the real estate firm owned by the family of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, has sought financing from federally-owned lenders for its biggest purchase in a decade. The company has been in talks with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac about a loan for a $1.15 billion purchase of apartments in Maryland and Virginia, according to two people familiar with the discussions, who asked not to be named discussing a private transaction. Such a deal would increase Kushner Cos.’ exposure to government-backed mortgages at the same time its former chief executive officer is one of the most powerful people in the White House. Jared Kushner divested ownership in many of the company’s assets to close family members when he joined the government. Kushner Cos. had more than $500 million in loans from Fannie and Freddie at that time. Government-backed financing on this latest deal could more than double that figure. Spokesmen for both Fannie and Freddie said they had no information to share. Peter Mirijanian, a spokesperson for Jared Kushner’s attorney Abbe Lowell, said that Kushner has no involvement in the company’s management.