GAO, GSA Inspector General Open Probes Into Trump Hotel Lease
Source: Bloomberg BNA.
August 30, 2017
By Sam Skolnik
Two federal watchdog agencies are taking an active look at the controversial General Services Administration lease for the Trump International Hotel in Washington, Bloomberg BNA has learned. Both the Government Accountability Office and GSA’s Office of Inspector General have opened probes into the lease, officials with both groups confirmed.
The GAO since June has been looking into GSA’s “outleasing” program — the path through which the Trump Organization leased the hotel — in response to a request from two Democratic congressmen who have persistently raised questions about the Trump hotel lease, a GAO spokeswoman confirmed.
Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) and Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), on June 6, asked Comptroller General of the United States Gene Dodaro, who heads the GAO, to look into how the GSA determines which types of terms and conditions to seek in a particular outlease, “including provisions prohibiting public officials from being admitted to a share of the lease or benefit, and what actions has GSA taken in the past to enforce these terms and conditions,” according to a copy of the letter.
“We will be looking at the GSA outleasing program writ large,” GAO spokeswoman Jennifer Ashley told Bloomberg BNA in an email when asked whether the GAO is reviewing the March 23 decision by GSA officials, including contracting officer Kevin Terry, who concluded that the Trump hotel lease is in “full compliance.”
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