Bruh, the FBI is going balls deep in the entire administration:
FBI Is Probing Puerto Rico Power Contract
Deal for $300 million to fix electrical grid after Hurricane Maria was made by the island’s public-power monopoly known as Prepa
Andrew ScurriaOct. 30, 2017 12:03 p.m. ET
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating a $300 million construction contract Puerto Rico’s government power company awarded to a tiny Montana-based energy firm, according to people familiar with the matter.
FBI agents from the San Juan field office are looking into circumstances surrounding the disaster-recovery deal the public-power monopoly known as Prepa signed with Whitefish Energy Holdings LLC, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló canceled the contract Sunday, saying it had become a distraction from the U.S. territory’s efforts to rebuild its electrical grid crippled in September by Hurricane Maria. Only 30% of power customers on the island have had electricity restored.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, multiple congressional committees and local auditors also have raised concerns and begun requesting documents about the deal.
A Whitefish spokesman didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment Monday. A spokesman for the FBI field office couldn’t be reached. A spokesman for Mr. Rosselló also didn’t respond.
Ricardo Ramos, the executive director of Prepa, had defended the selection of Whitefish and said the contracting process was done according to the utility’s regulations for handling emergency situations.
Whitefish, a startup firm based in the remote hometown of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, had more than 350 workers and 2,500 tons of heavy equipment on the ground for rebuilding electrical lines destroyed in Hurricane Maria. But the firm’s small size and limited track record, as well as the terms of the contract, ignited concerns around Puerto Rico’s management of the flow of federal disaster-relief dollars to the island.
Mr. Zinke, an acquaintance of Whitefish CEO Andy Techmanski, issued a statement last week denying he had any involvement in the company securing the deal.