Corporate donors to President Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom project have received more than $50 billion in new or expanded government contracts in the six months since demolition of the East Wing began. That’s according to a new report by the watchdog group Public Citizen, which alleges the contracts are the latest sign of a conflict-of-interest controversy that has dogged the project since its inception.
The analysis examined 27 known corporate donors to the project—21 disclosed by the White House and six more identified by news organizations—and found that 14 had received new or increased government contracts over the past six months, totaling more than $50 billion.
