Pentagon Delays Answers on Border Wall Contract, Watchdog Says
- Inspector general cites broad assertion of executive privilege
- Lawmaker cites $400 million contract winner’s White House ties
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The Pentagon’s inspector general has complained that Defense Department attorneys are slow-walking an 11-month-old request to turn over executive branch emails on a $400 million border wall contract awarded to a construction company tied to the Trump administration.
The slow review process has “significantly delayed our access to the requested information,” Acting Inspector General Sean O’Donnell wrote in his office’s semiannual report to Congress. “Without the requested e-mails and other related information, we cannot complete our oversight work.”