Luna's own disclosure shows her husband works for a defense-tech firm and owns 10% of its drone spinoff, which won about $37 million in Pentagon deals this year, much of it from programs Luna voted to fund. She hasn't said what the stake is worth now.
Campaigning for Michael Whatley in Greenville, Donald Trump said he'd settle the remaining claims from veterans and families poisoned by Camp Lejeune's water, but only if Republicans keep Congress. A woman who lost four relatives called it 'sickening.'
In 2016 Tom Barrett launched the Michigan Veterans Institute, said corporate donors were already giving, and ran for reelection on it. The nonprofit that housed it says 'little to no money' was raised and none of the promised services happened. Now Barrett says he was never responsible for its finances.
The CEO of Navatek, a Navy contractor, told FBI agents that Joe Wilson knew exactly what he was asking for: as much campaign money as Jim Clyburn was getting, in exchange for his support. Agents were investigating Wilson when Trump's FBI fired them. Wilson's office wouldn't answer ProPublica's questions.
In May and June 2023, Lockheed Martin employees and executives gave Susan Collins $59,500 — a quarter of all contributions to her main campaign fund in those two months. In July she voted to fund 83 new F-35s, weeks after federal auditors flagged the program's costs.
Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers became chair of the House Intelligence Committee in January 2011. In July 2011, the private military firm his wife helped run won a $1 billion-plus contract to guard the U.S. embassy in Kabul. Before the marriage, his disclosures showed almost no wealth. Today the couple is worth millions.
When Pete Hegseth posted 'Justice' about the planned military execution of the Fort Hood shooter, Rep. Derrick Van Orden replied 'vollenteer.' Earlier that night he posted that 'radial Islamist' killers' children would be raised by someone else. His opponent called it 'frankly disturbing.'
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