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Chris Murphy: “The Pentagon is taking a $50 million stake in a single rare…”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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This Is What 500 Days of Trump's Corruption Looks Like

Published | Video Starts at 14:13

Part of the White House's daily operation is to find creative ways to funnel taxpayer money to to Trump's kids. This one's wild. The Trump administration in November, early November, announces a really unusual deal. The government, The Pentagon is taking a $50 million stake in a single rare earths minerals company called Vulcan Elements and giving them a 620 million million dollar taxpayer funded loan. That is big money. And the Pentagon doesn't really do deals like this, but they do when Donald Trump Jr. Is one of the company's key investors. (14:13–14:31)

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