“Trump has personally and repeatedly urged the head of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to award a border wall contract to a North Dakota construction firm whose top executive is a GOP donor and frequent guest on Fox News”
“Trump has aggressively pushed Dickinson, N.D.-based Fisher Industries to Department of Homeland Security leaders and Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, the commanding general of the Army Corps”
“The push for a specific company has alarmed military commanders and DHS officials.”
“Fisher … sued the U.S. government last month after the Army Corps did not accept its bid to install barriers along the southern border, a contract potentially worth billions of dollars.”
“[Trump] always brings them up”
““The system [Fisher] is proposing does not meet the operational requirements of U.S. Customs and Border Protection,” an official said.”
“… Fisher’s work on a barrier project in San Diego came in late and over budget.”
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