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Trump administration denies involvement in Whitefish contract

The Trump administration denied Friday that political connections had anything to do with a contract awarded to a tiny company to restore Puerto Rico's electrical grid. The $300 million deal was awarded to Whitefish, a two-person company based in the Montana hometown of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. Zinke said he had nothing to do with the contract. David Begnaud reports.
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