ProPublica published an article titled 'Documents Show Trump Officials Skirted Rules to Reward Politically Connected and Untested Firms With Huge Pandemic Contracts' on March 31, 2021.
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- Documents Show Trump Officials Skirted Rules to Reward Politically ... (seed:politics_and_current_events)
- https://www.govexec.com/management/2021/04/documents-show-trump-officials-skirted-rules-reward-politically-connected-and-untested-firms-huge-pandemic-contracts/173069/ (corroboration)
- https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/covid-19/documents-show-trump-officials-skirted-rules-reward-politically-connected-and-untested (corroboration)
- https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/documents-show-trump-officials-skirted-rules-reward-politically-connected-firms-pandemic-contracts (corroboration)