Furious House Democrats Target Trump’s Alleged Dinner With Oil Executives
House Democrats furious over reports of Donald Trump’s apparent offer to oil executives over a Mar-a-Lago dinner last month that if they raised $1 billion for his campaign, he would slash environmental regulation once back in office, have launched an investigation.
First reported The Washington Post, sources said Trump’s dinner saw the former president offer a “deal” if the $1 billion fundraising goal was raised. According to one attendee, Trump promised the roughly two dozen bosses to ditch Biden’s freeze on permits for new liquefied gas exports, adding, “You’ll get it on the first day.” Also on the menu; leases for oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and the reversal of restrictions on drilling in the Alaskan Arctic. “You’ve been waiting on a permit for five years; you’ll get it on Day 1,” Trump reportedly added.
A letter by Democrats on the House oversight committee on Monday night was sent to nine executives, it confirmed in a Tuesday statement. CEOs at Cheniere Energy, Chesapeake Energy, Chevron, Continental Resources, EQT Corporation, ExxonMobil, Occidental Petroleum and Venture Global, all received one. The head of the American Petroleum Institute was also on the list.