Bankruptcy-bound trucking firm Yellow received a whopping $700 million in Covid pandemic relief loans three years ago after Trump administration officials pushed for it despite objections from the Defense Department.
Yellow has repaid just $230 out of the $729.2 million in principal it still owes the U.S. Treasury for those loans, according to a government watchdog's report in May.
The Teamsters Union, which represents Yellow workers, blasted the freight carrier in a statement Sunday and highlighted the Covid loans.
The report said, "The loan's approval involved the intervention of top Trump Administration officials —potentially including the president," Donald Trump.
"Secretary Mnuchin's communications confirm President Trump's interest in the loan approval," the subcommittee noted in a statement about the report.
Persons:
Trump, Sean M O'Brien, Yellow, Donald Trump, Mark Meadows, Steven Mnuchin, Trump's
Organizations:
Defense Department, U.S . Treasury, Teamsters Union, Teamsters, CNBC, YRC, Trump Administration, Trump White House
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U.S