WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Andy Kim (D-N.J.), pressed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on potential conflicts of interest surrounding the awarding of multiple lucrative Department of Defense (DoD) contracts and loans to companies associated with President Donald Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr.
"We write to obtain information on whether DoD's decisions to hand out lucrative contracts and loans to companies associated with the President's son may have been affected by conflicts of interest. If this is the case, it could mean that the Trump family is profiting from funds appropriated by Congress to keep Americans s...