'I have zero tolerance for corruption.' RepKatiePorter
The Democrats believe a real estate developer donated to a Trump-aligned super PAC in exchange for the pardons of two other men.U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raúl Grijalva and committee member Rep. Katie Porter are investigating an alleged bribery scheme in which they believe a real estate developer donated to a super PAC aligned in support of former President Donald Trump in exchange for pardons for two other men.
Grijalva and Porter believe real estate developer Mike Ingram—who was the subject of the Natural Resources Committee's first-ever criminal referral regarding another potential bribery case involving a clean water permit for one of his developments—secured the Hammonds' pardons in 2018 with a $10,000 donation to the America First Action, Inc. Super PAC.a Trump Interior Department official on May 25, 2018, attaching two articles arguing for the Hammonds to be pardoned.
"Mr. Ingram made only one other $10,000 donation during the 2017-2018 nonpresidential election cycle," wrote Grijalva and Porter."That donation was the subject of the committee's criminal referral regarding the Villages at Vigneto development [in Arizona].
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