As President Donald Trump prepares to headline America’s 250th anniversary, Democrats are accusing him of turning what Congress intended to be a bipartisan commemoration of America’s founding into a political celebration of Trump himself.
A new report from Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee — shared first with MS NOW — argues that Trump has turned America 250 into what they dub a politicized “disaster.”
But the report goes beyond criticizing the tone of the celebration. It accuses the president of sidelining the bipartisan commission created by Congress for America’s birthday and steering the anniversary toward a new organization tied to Trump and his allies — one that, Democrats warn, created opportunities for corruption and may have even committed fraud.
Trump’s new organization, Freedom 250, is associated with the UFC fight on the White House south lawn, a prayer gathering, the ‘Great American State Fair’ on the National Mall, and a number of other political events tied to the nation’s anniversary.
Most notably, the report raises questions about whether Freedom 250’s fundraising practices could amount to wire fraud.
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