Trump Pushed DHS To Award $400 Million Contract To Company Linked With Bannon’s ‘We Build The Wall’ Scheme

Ron Delancer

On Thursday, former Trump adviser Steve Bannon was arrested over fraud charges after running a fake effort to build the wall on the southern American border.

According to a new Washington Post report, Donald Trump himself ordered the Department of Homeland Security to award a contract worth up to $400 million to Fisher Sand and Gravel, a company associated with the “We Build the Wall” organization.

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“On Dec. 2, the Pentagon announced a contract worth up to $400 million to Fisher Sand and Gravel for the construction of 31 miles of new border barriers along the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge in southern Arizona,” said the Washington Post.

As RawStory reports:

“CEO Tommy Fisher launched an aggressive effort to try and score a contract, making several appearances on Fox News and paying at least $100,000 in lobbying. Fisher also personally lobbied the president, gave hefty donations to Cramer’s Senate campaign, and attacked the Army Corps of Engineers for excluding their firm. Fisher was then Cramer’s guest to Trump’s State of the Union Address in 2019.”

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“The company also has partnered with right-wing activist group We Build the Wall to construct fencing on private land with millions of dollars raised through online donations,” the Post added.

The American Civil Liberties Union took to Twitter to demand answers:

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