Usually people at the top are a little more discrete about taking what they want with little opportunity for accountability. But Interior Secretary's Ryan Zinke ignored even that when he gave a contract to a small Montana energy company worth $300 million dollars to supposedly rebuild power systems in Puerto Rico.
Not only is there no accountability for awarding the contract, but a copy of the deal obtained by
reporter Ken Klippenstein reveals that the government isn't allowed to
"audit or review the cost and profit elements" under the agreement,
allowing the company greater discretion and secrecy for how it spends
the $300 million to restore power to the island. Puerto Rico is
rebuilding after two major hurricanes wiped out most of the island's
electrical grid.
Whitefish contract also states that the Puerto Rican government "waives any claim against Contractor related to delayed completion of work."
Under Trump/Pence and the Republicans, people at the top expect and get what they want at the expense of the rest of us.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/357473-whitefish-energy-contract-bars-government-from-auditing-deal
