WARREN, HANK JOHNSON LEAD NEW INVESTIGATION INTO AMAZON'S MELANIA DOCUMENTARY PAYMENTS AS POSSIBLE CORRUPT PAY-TO-PLAY SCHEME

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) led a new investigation into whether Amazon's investment in the new Melania documentary, which centers on First Lady Melania Trump, 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 l...