Donald Trump threatens new investigations

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat from Rhode Island, has threatened former President Donald Trump with a new investigation into his alleged promises to Big Oil.

The Washington Post reported this week on a deal that Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, reportedly offered to top oil executives at a dinner at Mar-a-Lago last month: raising $1 billion for his campaign and dozens of President Joe Biden’s Reverse environmental regulations and prevent new rules, say people with knowledge of the evening.

According to the postTrump sources say giving him $1 billion is a “deal” because they won’t have to worry about taxation and regulations while he’s in office.

Whitehouse, who has already dealt with Big Oil as chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, told The New Republic in an article published Saturday that it is “highly likely” that his committee will investigate the reported revelations from Trump’s Mar-a-Senate become. Lago dinner with oil executives.

“This is effectively an invitation to ask more questions,” he said, calling it a “natural extension of the investigations already underway.”

Newsweek contacted Whitehouse by phone and Trump’s spokesman by email for comment.

The Senate Budget Committee and the House Oversight and Accountability Committee have been investing in the oil industry for years and released their findings last week.

They noted that the oil industry would publicly support climate regulations and targets but would express skepticism behind closed doors. Big Oil has denied misleading the public about its role in the climate crisis, an accusation made by Democrats. Spokespeople for top companies such as Exxon, BP and Shell have claimed they are working towards a greener future.

Whitehouse said this when he read this postWhen he read Trump’s report on Trump’s proposed deal with Big Oil, he immediately thought of “quid pro quo.”

The senator mentioned a Politico article published this week that reported that the oil company is drafting executive orders that Trump will have to sign if he wins this year’s presidential election. The contracts focus on boosting natural gas exports, reducing drilling costs and increasing offshore oil leases.

“When you put these things together, it looks pretty damn corrupt,” Whitehouse said.

Trump has promised to do many things on his first day in office if he wins the presidency, saying on the campaign trail that he would be a “dictator” that day.

During a December town hall event hosted by Fox News host Sean Hannity, Hannity urged Trump to promise that if re-elected, he would never “abuse power in retaliation against anyone,” as had previously been suggested. In response, Trump indicated that he would only behave this way on the first day of his hypothetical second term.

“Except for the first day,” the former president said. “No, no, no, except for the first day. We close the border and we drill, drill, drill. After this, I will no longer be a dictator.” His drilling comment referred to his promise to expand oil production in the United States. He later said the comments were “joking.” Trump also said: “I will have no time for retaliation.”

According to the postTrump reportedly promised oil executives that he would end Biden’s freeze on permits for new liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, said three people present when the comment was made. “You’ll get it on day one,” Trump reportedly said, according to one dinner attendee.

On Biden’s first day of 2021, he reinstated or tightened over 100 environmental regulations that Trump weakened or repealed during his time in office. With just six months left until the election, which will likely see a rematch between Trump and Biden, the Biden administration has worked to introduce 10 new environmental regulations, including increasing costs for oil companies that drill on public lands .