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NEW: Emails we obtained show that DOT Secretary Chao met with business leaders and politicians associated with her husband Sen. Mitch McConnell’s office at least 10 times. Via @Politico: politico.com/story/2019/02/…
Read the emails. We obtained copies of communications between political appointees at the Department of Transportation and Sen. Mitch McConnell’s office: americanoversight.org/document/dot-c…
Emails we uncovered between senior aides to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Sen. Mitch McConnell show well-connected Kentucky political insiders getting special treatment. politico.com/story/2019/02/…
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