Gabby Brown, gabby.brown@sierraclub.org
Washington, DC -- Last week, ThinkProgress reported that an equity firm that loaned Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior White House adviser, Jared Kushner, $184 million and advised the Trump administration on infrastructure also stood to directly benefit from three Trump administration rule changes to roll back pipeline safety regulations.
In response, Sierra Club National Resistance Campaign Director Maura Cowley released the following statement:
“For Donald Trump and his cronies, our government is nothing more than a vehicle for enriching themselves at the expense of the American people. For them, our communities suffering from increased air and water pollution and the risk of pipeline spills and explosions is a small price to pay if it means Jared Kushner and his fossil fuel friends make a few extra millions. It’s time that Kushner is held accountable for his extraordinary conflicts of interest.”
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