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"Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee today called for a criminal investigation into former Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, alleging that the Trump administration official and others engaged in a campaign finance “quid pro quo” with a politically connected Arizona developer."

For the first time in its history, the House Natural Resources Committee made a criminal referral, sending a letter to the Department of Justice outlining a possible "criminal quid pro quo" between Trump administration officials and a real estate developer.

A House committee accusation about bribery in the Trump administration turns a spotlight on former Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt, as well as Angels owner Arte Moreno.

(The Center Square) – The House Natural Resources Committee announced its first-ever criminal referral to the Department of Justice on Wednesday this week.

Members of the House Natural Resources Committee want the Justice Department to investigate the former Interior Department secretary and campaign donations

Lawmakers allege that David Bernhardt pressured career staff at the Fish and Wildlife Service to reverse their denial of a water permit requested by a Trump donor.

If U.S. Rep. Deborah Haaland is confirmed as interior secretary, the Native American from New Mexico could make a huge difference to Arizona and the West when her background and outlook are translated into policy. Experts in Native American affairs and Democratic Party congressional leaders including Rep. Raúl Grijalva of Tucson and Sen. Tom Udall of New Mexico offer predictions for how Haaland’s tenure could affect federal lands and waters: Water rights. Tribes have made a lot of legal...

Easy access to trump administration decision makers who oversee his interests. schedules obtained by cnn, show at least 11 meetings, phone calls or emails with top trump administration officials. including then epa chief scott pruett and ryan zinke who was secretary of the interior. mike ingram met up with his old lobbyist friend and then deputy interior secretary david bernhardt. the first of at least five meetings with him. this secret meeting, not on any public calendar, was a private breakfa...

Griffin has been digging in on all of this, and joins us now. drew, lay it out for us. >> this is an example of why elections matter and why the political access points in washington, d.c. can even help in the middle of an arizona desert. the villages at vigneto, was a massive housing development but water is an issue, especially for wildlife, and u.s. fish and wildlife supervisor steve spangle thought before putting in people, government scientists should look carefully at how the project would...

Hold. ingram will not talk to cnn, hes hired one of washingtons most powerful lawyers to speak on his behalf. lanny davis, a democrat. >> the innuendo is, hes close to trump, there must have been political influence, thats just innuendo. i cant see any evidence there was any political influence. >> he has unprecedented access to david bernhardt on august 17th, 2018 he invites him for breakfast, season the that right? >> yes. >> its shortly after that that the phone call is made to mr. spangle te...