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Welch Joins Senate Dems in Demanding Answers from Trump’s Chief of Staff About $22 Million in Federal Contracts Awarded to Firm Connected to Trump’s January 6th Rally

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This press release from Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) was published on 2026-06-18 and titled "Welch Joins Senate Dems in Demanding Answers from Trump’s Chief of Staff About $22 Million in Federal Contracts Awarded ".

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Welch Joins Senate Dems in Demanding Answers from Trump’s Chief of Staff About $22 Million in Federal Contracts Awarded to Firm Connected to Trump’s January 6th Rally

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on The Constitution, joined U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in demanding answers about the Trump Administration’s awarding of millions in federal contracts to Event Strategies, Inc. (ESI), the event management firm that organized the rally used to incite the January 6, 2021, insurrection on the U.S. Capitol. Since January 2025, [ ]
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