Aaron C. Davis

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Investigative Reporter @ProPublica. Signal: acdavis.77 [email protected]

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George Kollitides, the behind-the scenes Pentagon powerbroker close to deputy defense secretary Steve Feinberg left Alvarez & Marsal Capital last week after ProPublica started looking into the deals.

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propublica.orgThe Pentagon Gave $350 Million in Contracts to a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Department OfficialThe top Pentagon official left Alvarez & Marsal Capital after ProPublica started looking into his financial ties. The contracts with a related company are another example of firms close to the Trump a...
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NEW: A private equity executive took a top Pentagon job last year. Then a consulting firm he’d kept ties to starting winning major defense contracts - including a no-bid, quarter-billion dollar deal to advise his office.

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What’s been lost by the gutting of DOJ? Before Trump was reelected, a disgraced CEO handed the FBI a 50-page document, detailing alleged bribes to Sen. Collins and others in Congress. When Trump’s DOJ dismantled the anti-corruption unit that investigated him, the congressional probe died too.

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The letter helps explain how ICE officer Christian Castro was able to fight extradition from Texas in recent week. Behind the scenes DOJ officials halted charges while he was in custody. (Lesser, “false statement” charge now likely only path for accountability, letter says).