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Companies Backed by Trump Sons Have Scored Over $6 Billion in Pentagon Contracts: Analysis

An analysis published on Wednesday by ABC News estimated that companies backed financially by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump have so far scored more than $6 billion in contracts from the US Department of Defense. As ABC documented, many of the investments into the defense firms come through 1789 Capital, a venture capital firm founded by pro-Trump…

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