Democrats want investigation into cost, legality of Trump's July 4th event

Senate Democrats are requesting the Government Accountability Office (GAO) open an investigation into the costs of President Trump's July 4th celebration, including if it complied with legal restrictions on political activity.

Democratic Sens. Tom Udall (N.M.), Patrick Leahy (Vt.) and Chris Van Hollen (Md.) said in a letter to Gene Dodaro, GAO's comptroller general, that they are "concerned by the impacts and the precedent of diverting limited Federal resources " for the July 4th events.

"Further, we are troubled by reports that preferential access to the National Mall was organized by political entities such as the Republican National Committee, which furthers the appearance that taxpayer funds were used to accomplish political objectives," they added.

The letter comes after Udall accused the Department of Interior last week of refusing to answer an inquiry from lawmakers about Trump's Independence Day plans, including how the additional cost of the plans will be covered.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrats-want-investigation-into-cost-legality-of-trumps-july-4th-event/ar-AAE2p59?li=BBnb7Kz

Think numbnuts will cry executive privilege again?