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Robert Tait

Trump allies threaten Deloitte contracts after employee leaks Vance comments

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JD Vance and Donald Trump Jr at the 2024 Republican national convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on 16 July 2024. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

Donald Trump’s supporters have threatened the consultancy firm Deloitte with the loss of lucrative government contracts if he returns to the White House after the election in November because one of its employees leaked critical comments about his presidential performance made by his running mate, JD Vance.

The Republican nominee’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr, led the warnings of retribution after the Washington Post published correspondence that showed Vance expressing negative views about the Trump administration long after he claimed he had become a supporter. The correspondence also showed Vance forecasting – accurately – that the former president would lose the 2020 election to Joe Biden.

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