Puerto Rican officials have every reason to cancel the islands scandalous $300 million contract with Whitefish, the small, unknown corporation they recently hired to restore power after Hurricane Maria.
Theres the fact that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), who will help foot the bill, didnt sign off on it.
Theres the spider web of political and financial connections. Whitefish is owned by two private equity firms: one tied to a prominent GOP and Trump donor, and the other owned by a former JPMorgan manager who spent more than a decade providing loans to Puerto Ricos electric utility.
Thats all on top of the ominous connection to Trumps Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, also from Whitefish, Montana.
But most alarming is…
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