The General Services Administration on Monday said its office of inspector general is evaluating the agency’s administration of the lease for the building where President Donald Trump’s Washington, D.C. hotel is housed.
“GSA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) is evaluating GSA’s management and administration of the ground lease for the Old Post Office Building,” GSA press secretary Pam Dixon told TPM. “GSA welcomes the oversight of the OIG and will continue to work with it on its evaluation.”
“Our Office of Inspections has initiated an evaluation of GSA’s management and administration of the Old Post Office Building ground lease,” OIG spokeswoman Sarah Breen told TPM by email.
The General Services Administration in March ruled that the lease was “valid and in full force and effect,” a blow for watchdog groups and Democrats who charged that Trump’s presidency was a violation of a clause preventing elected officials from benefiting from the contract.
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The headline should read…
" Inspector General is looking to get fired"
Maybe they caught the display show…
“It’s just a Little Bitty Pissant Trumpy Place…”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYoZ9nmnhh8“…But there’s nothing dirty goin’ on!”
And the contracting officer who made that initial ruling should be fired. Anyone who can’t interpret the plain language of a well-written contract shouldn’t be warranted to obligate the funds of the United States.
Damn those Inspectors General, always getting in the way of good, clean grift.
Now Gen. Kelley is going to have to explain to Dear Leader what an Inspector General is and why it would be A Bad Thing for Donny to fire him.