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Watchdog says it will probe Trump’s efforts to get private land to build wall

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Watchdog says it will probe Trump’s efforts to get private land to build wall

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) told Senate Democrats it will probe the Trump administration’s efforts to use eminent domain to acquire land to build the border wall between the U.S. and Mexico.

“GAO accepts your request as work that is within the scope of its authority. At the current time we anticipate that staff with the required skills will be available to initiate an engagement in about three months,” Orice Williams Brown, the managing editor for congressional relations at GAO, wrote in a letter to Senate Democrats…

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