The House Natural Resources Committee announced its first-ever criminal referral to the Department of Justice on Wednesday, asking DOJ to investigate whether Arizona real estate developer and Trump campaign donor Mike Ingram bribed public officials during Trump’s tenure, including then-Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt.
According to a committee report in Aug. 2017, Steve Spangle, who was then a FWS field supervisor, received a phone call during which an attorney from Department of the Interior’s Office of the Solicitor asked Spangle to reverse his decision that the Army Corps of Engineers must consult with FWS before reinstating the then-suspended Clean Water Act permit for the Villages at Vigneto. The report said that the phone call “was directed by Dep. Sec. Bernhardt” after he met with Ingram.
The Vigneto development is in an ecologically sensitive area, according to the committee. “The land on which Vigneto would be developed is located approximately two miles upland from the San Pedro River, the last major free-flowing river in the desert Southwest,” the committee report states. “The surrounding ecosystem is a fragile, yet critically important habitat for many unique species of wildlife and is considered a critical corridor for millions of migratory songbirds.
House Natural Resources Committee Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Katie Porter, D-Calif., in Washington, D.C.., Oct. 23, 2019.
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