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Chris Murphy: “There was no competitive bidding process for that contract.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 08:14

And just a month before Miller's holdings became public, ICE announced that it was awarding a $30 million contract to, you guessed it, Palantir to provide real time surveillance information to ICE officers. And you'll be shocked to hear this. There was no competitive bidding process for that contract. And you will hear this over and over again. Competitive bidding basically doesn't exist if the President or somebody close to the president wants a contract directed to a friend or to a company in which they invest. (08:14–08:18)

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Asserts that the $30 million contract to Palantir was awarded without competitive bidding.

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