Democratic senators want two companies to preserve communications with Corey Lewandowski
Analysis Summary
- Propaganda Score
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- Summary
- Democratic senators have requested two companies to preserve records related to Corey Lewandowski's potential involvement in DHS contracting processes. The request follows NBC News allegations of potential payments in exchange for contracts, with Lewandowski denying the claims. The DHS inspector general's investigation into contract awards has expanded to include broader contracts.
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“Three Democratic senators have requested that two companies preserve records of their communications with Corey Lewandowski”
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— No evidence found in archive to confirm or refute the claim about Democratic senators requesting record preservation
“Sens. Adam Schiff, Peter Welch and Richard Blumenthal, the ranking member on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, asked Salus Worldwide Solutions and Geo Group to preserve 'personal records, corporate records, and all communications with Mr. Lewandowski...'”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify the specific request by named senators for record preservation
“Geo Group is a private prison firm contracted by DHS to house undocumented immigrants”
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— No evidence found in archive to confirm Geo Group's contractual relationship with DHS
“Salus won a contract to help the agency encourage self-deportations”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify Salus Worldwide Solutions' contract for self-deportation efforts
“NBC News previously reported that a marketing firm was contacted by a representative for Salus, asking that the firm pay a portion of a potential contract to a consultant tied to Lewandowski”
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— No evidence found in archive to confirm NBC News' report about Salus contacting a marketing firm
“As a special government employee at DHS, NBC News reported, Lewandowski directly solicited payment from George Zoley, the founder of GEO Group in exchange for protecting and growing its contracts with DHS”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify Lewandowski's alleged solicitation of payment from George Zoley
“It is not clear whether Lewandowski received any money from businesses contracting with the government; he has denied it”
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— No evidence found in archive to confirm or refute Lewandowski's denial of receiving money
“Lewandowski’s spokesperson has denied the account of his interactions with GEO Group and called the allegations related to Salus 'patently false'”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify Lewandowski's spokesperson's statement about GEO Group allegations
“The senators said: 'As you likely know, multiple Committees of jurisdiction and Members of Congress are investigating whether federal spending by the Department of Homeland Security was subject to improper influence, corruption, or other violations of federal law...'”
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— No evidence found in archive to confirm senators' statements about ongoing DHS investigations
“Earlier this week, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee sent a letter to GEO Group asking for details of meetings and conversations the private prison company had with Lewandowski”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify House Oversight Committee's request to GEO Group
“Spokespeople for Salus and GEO Group did not immediately respond to questions about being asked to preserve their communication for the senators to investigate”
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“The investigation has expanded and now includes a wider range of contracts, according to a source familiar with the matter”
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“Spokespeople at the White House, DHS and GEO Group did not respond to requests for comment about the allegations that Lewandowski sought payment in exchange for contracts”
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“The Daily Mail was first to report the expansion of the investigation”
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“The DHS inspector general launched a criminal investigation into the awarding of a $220 million contract for a department advertising campaign featuring then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem”
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“A lawyer for Salus denied the accounts of the calls detailed in NBC News’ reporting as 'entirely false', saying, 'Salus would never entertain this type of arrangement.'”
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