REP. HANK JOHNSON, SEN. WARREN LEAD NEW INVESTIGATION INTO WHETHER AMAZON'S MELANIA DOCUMENTARY PAYMENTS WERE A CORRUPT PAY-TO-PLAY SCHEME

Washington, March 16 -- Congressman Hank Johnson issued the following press release:

Representative Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led a new investigation into whether Amazon's investment in the Melania documentary was part of a corrupt pay-to-play arrangement with the Trump administration.

Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), along with Representatives Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) and Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), also joined the letter.

"[T]he American people deserve assurance that powerful corporations are not using their financial resources to gain political influence or favorable treatment at public expense-and that these corporations are not violating federal bribery laws," wrote the lawmakers.

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