Trump Goes to Bat for His Pal Matt Schlapp's Casino Client
Source: Daily Beast
President Donald Trump on Wednesday weighed in on an obscure piece of legislation granting rights to a Native American tribe seeking a casino in Massachusetts. And he did so while taking a jab at potential Democratic 2020 rival Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), whom he dubbed “Pocahontas” and who has supported previous versions of the legislation.
Trump’s attack on Warren is old hat. His engagement on the casino legislation, however, was a seemingly random aside from his usual twitter fare of deriding congressional investigations into his administration and unflattering media coverage of his business.
But it may not have been random at all. At least two Trump-connected firms were hired this year to lobby on behalf of Twin River Management Group, which owns a casino in Rhode Island that would directly compete with one planned by the Mashpee Wampanoag. The tribe needs Congress to enshrine its tribal rights in order to rescue the troubled casino deal in nearby Taunton, Massachusetts.
One of those those firms is run by Trump adviser Matt Schlapp, who has, since January, been lobbying Congress and the White House. Twin River has paid his firm, Cove Strategies, $30,000 for its work so far this year.
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