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Tommy Fisher and his wife gave at least $10,000 — the maximum allowable contribution — to Cramer in 2018 when he ran for Senate, records show. Fisher was Cramer’s guest at Trump’s State of the Union speech in February. The company chief executive said he shook Trump’s hand afterward. Fisher has also been a repeat guest on Fox News in recent months, where he has praised the border wall effort and promoted his firm.
Fisher Industries was hired by activist group We Build the Wall to install a span of steel bollard fencing this spring on private land west of El Paso. Former Trump adviser Stephen K. Bannon, Blackwater USA founder Erik Prince and immigration hard-liner Kris Kobach are among the board members of the group, which says it has raised $25 million through private donations.
For Fisher, the project has been a showcase for what it says are innovative techniques that install the steel fencing faster and cheaper than its competitors. But despite Cramer’s efforts to influence and the president’s endorsement, Fisher was not picked by the Army Corps in recent rounds of bidding.
Fisher sued the government in April, alleging improprieties with the Army Corps procurement process.
During previous bids, the Army Corps said the company’s design did not meet its requirements and lacked regulatory approvals. DHS officials also told the Army Corps in March that Fisher’s work on a barrier project in San Diego came in late and over budget.
Can you imagine the outrage if President Bernie exercised emergency powers to take over some shithole rural area infested with opioids?
Heaven forbid we actually know who buys influence in this country.
Good grief...are there any ethical people tied to this guy?
Trump & Fox News are going nuts over this. Trump has already tweeted attacks on Castro for doing this, and Fox News has it as the top story on their website. For people who are supposedly so proud to be "Real Americans" and MAGA advocates, Trump donors certainly don't want it to be publicized, especially on social media.