Politico doth protest…
In light of the firestorm over tens of millions of dollars going from the US government to various media outlets in the form of subscriptions, particularly
Politico, President Trump has directed the General Services Administration to terminate “every single media contract” expensed by the agency, according to an email obtained by
Axios.
“GSA team, please do two things,” the email begins.
- Pull all contracts for Politico, BBC, E&E (Politico sub) and Bloomberg
- Pull all media contracts for just GSA – cancel every single media contract today for GSA only.
The move comes after internet sleuths discovered
tens of millions of dollars going towards Politico Prosubscriptions, with particular focus on one $8 million allocation.
On Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the executive branch would
cancel their contract with Politico…