Dems sharpen attack on post-midterm target: Trump’s mineral deals

"The only special interest guiding the Trump administration's decision-making is the best interest of the American people, " Desai informed POLITICO in an official note.

Key points

• Stan Neve, a spokesperson for Cantor Fitzgerald, remarked the business draws on over a decade of mining-sector experience and our leadership in U.S.
• And Eric Trump remarked in an official note that the brothers are "experienced business leaders" who have pursued investments in a range of sectors for decades.
• Lutnick divested from Cantor Fitzgerald when he was confirmed and complies with all components of his ethics agreement, the spokesperson remarked.
• For his part, Trump stepped away from management of his family businesses and put assets in a trust managed by his children.

Notably, a spokesperson for Donald Trump Jr. And Eric Trump remarked in an official note that the brothers are "experienced business leaders" who have pursued investments in a range of sectors for decades.

"Their investment decisions are based solely on their independent business judgment and personal convictions and they do not seek to influence, direct, or participate in any government decision, procurement, award, regulatory action, or other governmental process, " the spokesperson remarked. "Attempts to portray their ordinary investment activities as improper are a deliberate distortion of the facts and claims suggesting that they are profiting from the government are categorically false."

Stan Neve, a spokesperson for Cantor Fitzgerald, remarked the business draws on "over a decade of mining-sector experience and our leadership in U.S. Equity capital markets, " and is "a natural partner for companies raising capital to meet the growing demand for critical minerals." Cantor's involvement, noted Neve, is limited to supporting capital raising in the public markets and "does not include participation in negotiations with the current or any prior administration."

For context, a Commerce Department spokesperson remarked neither Lutnick nor anybody at the department "has interacted with or had any discussions whatsoever with Cantor Fitzgerald regarding the rare earth minerals industry" or businesses that lawmakers have noted they want to investigate.

Trump earlier this month unveiled more than $3 billion in federal backing for a slew of projects at a State Department event with executives, adding to the some 160 deals that Trump remarked the administration has struck. The GOP megabill last year additionally provided the Defense Department's Office of Strategic Capital with more than $100 billion in lending authority for critical mineral projects. >Adam Schiff on Democrats' 'losing message, ' AOC and AIPAC<!–>.

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