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US lawmaker asks oil companies about ‘quid pro quo’ Trump offer

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FILE PHOTO: Ranking Member U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) looks on during a press conference as Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, attends a closed deposition with members of the Republican-led House Oversight Committee conducting an impeachment inquiry into the president, at the O'Neill House Office Building in Washington, U.S., February 28, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Ranking Member U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) in Washington, U.S., February 28, 2024. Raskin has asked nine oil companies about a recent meeting with former President Donald Trump. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

WASHINGTON – The top Democratic lawmaker on a U.S. House oversight panel has sought information from nine oil companies about a media report about “quid pro quo propositions” made by former President Donald Trump, according to a statement from the lawmaker.

In letters to CEOs of companies including Exxon, Chevron and Chesapeake Energy, Representative Jamie Raskin of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability said, “I write to request any information you may have about quid pro quo financial agreements related to U.S. energy policy that were reportedly proposed at a recent campaign fundraising dinner with ex-President Donald Trump.”

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