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DHS fast-tracked $1 billion contract to pro-Trump donor’s company

A DHS official leading the process previously worked at the America First Policy Institute, a pro-Trump nonprofit where the contractor’s CEO was a donor.

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem in the Oval Office in October. (Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post)
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The Department of Homeland Security fast-tracked a contract worth almost $1 billion to a company led by a donor to a pro-Trump nonprofit group where one of the officials overseeing the deal previously worked, according to records reviewed by The Washington Post.

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