House Democrats said Thursday that they have obtained emails showing President Donald Trump intervened in a decision to build a new FBI headquarters at its current Washington location.
The lawmakers said it was in Trump’s interest to prevent commercial development of the site that could compete with the nearby Trump International Hotel.
The change in course was a blow to Maryland and Virginia, which had been competing for years for the project and its anticipated 11,000 jobs.
In a letter to the General Services Administration, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings of Baltimore and other Democrats wrote that Trump has a “clear conflict of interest on this matter.” Cummings is the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
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