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1/ NEW: After the DOJ announced the indictment of Steve Bannon & three @WeBuildtheWall associates, @realDonaldTrump said he didn't know anyone involved in the project and “didn't like it.”
But We Build the Wall employees have suggested otherwise.
But We Build the Wall employees have suggested otherwise.
2/ @TheAmandaShea, CFO of We Build the Wall and the wife of one of those indicted, posted on Instagram in 2019:
“I had the absolute pleasure and honor of spending time with President Trump who had a lot of questions about the wall. ... He was impressed …”
https://www.instagram.com/p/B1pbpAFl1_I/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
“I had the absolute pleasure and honor of spending time with President Trump who had a lot of questions about the wall. ... He was impressed …”
https://www.instagram.com/p/B1pbpAFl1_I/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
3/ The same day she tweeted about the meeting, adding:
“...[I] answered very specific questions about the wall @WeBuildTheWall built. He said I really know my stuff & our group needs to bid the whole wall project." https://twitter.com/TheAmandaShea/status/1162527261980913664?s=20
“...[I] answered very specific questions about the wall @WeBuildTheWall built. He said I really know my stuff & our group needs to bid the whole wall project." https://twitter.com/TheAmandaShea/status/1162527261980913664?s=20
4/ Last year, We Build the Wall's CEO @BrianKolfage claimed to have a back channel to the administration through Bannon and Kris Kobach, the group’s general counsel.
“President Trump loves what we are doing,” Kolfage told Gateway Pundit, a far-right news and opinion website.
“President Trump loves what we are doing,” Kolfage told Gateway Pundit, a far-right news and opinion website.
5/ Trump’s administration and family also have connections to We Build the Wall’s projects.
Donald Trump Jr. visited the El Paso-area fence, calling it “private enterprise at its finest.”
Donald Trump Jr. visited the El Paso-area fence, calling it “private enterprise at its finest.”
6/ In November, Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf visited the group’s first wall project in Sunland Park, New Mexico. He called it a “game changer” that he “welcomed."
7/ Neither Shea, Kolfage or the White House responded in time for comment.
8/ The president took steps weeks ago to distance himself from a private border project built with support from @WeBuildTheWall, following a report from @JinATX, @Perla_Trevizo & me showing the new wall was already eroding. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1282276752090431490
9/ Read our original reporting detailing the erosion here.
Engineers told us the wall should not have been built so close to the river.
Tommy Fisher, the constructor behind the wall, says it can be fixed. https://www.propublica.org/article/he-built-a-privately-funded-border-wall-its-already-at-risk-of-falling-down-if-not-fixed
Engineers told us the wall should not have been built so close to the river.
Tommy Fisher, the constructor behind the wall, says it can be fixed. https://www.propublica.org/article/he-built-a-privately-funded-border-wall-its-already-at-risk-of-falling-down-if-not-fixed
10/ We are also following up after today’s indictment.
If you’ve donated to We Build the Wall, we want to hear from you.
Email me at [email protected].
Read more here. https://www.propublica.org/article/private-border-wall-fundraisers-have-been-arrested-on-fraud-charges
If you’ve donated to We Build the Wall, we want to hear from you.
Email me at [email protected].
Read more here. https://www.propublica.org/article/private-border-wall-fundraisers-have-been-arrested-on-fraud-charges
