Elizabeth Warren calls Trump’s ballroom ‘golden crime scene’, urges DoJ inquiry into funding

The top Democrat on the Senate banking committee says private funding for Trump’s ballroom poses serious corruption concerns

Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has said that the next independent Department of Justice “should investigate” the private donations that have funded the construction of the new White House ballroom.

Warren – who is the top Democrat on the Senate banking committee – told the Guardian in a statement that the ballroom could be “a golden crime scene” and urged the next administration to “follow the money” to uncover “whether any crimes were committed” in its financing.

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