Donald Trump partner's connection to new FBI headquarters raises questions

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : "The Swamp" is a term Trump has used in the past to describe the capital.
42% : "In 2017, The Associated Press reported, citing another rival bidder, that Vornado Realty Trust -- which owned buildings with Trump and his son-in-law Jared Kushner's family -- was among three firms seeking the contract to build the replacement headquarters.
37% : Critics of the former president have placed fresh attention on the prior claims in light of his recent stance on the new headquarters, with some social media users claiming that Trump was "the King of Grift," that they were "not even surprised," and accusing him of being "the swamp that he claims he wants to get rid of.
35% : It remains unclear whether Trump maintains any connection with Vornado, which was then reportedly a part-owner of two buildings, in New York and San Francisco, with the Trump Organization.
21% : A resurfaced report that linked Donald Trump with a bid to build a new FBI headquarters has prompted criticism after the former president expressed his support for a replacement to the J. Edgar Hoover building to be constructed within Washington D.C."The FBI headquarters should not be moved to a far-away location, but should stay right where it is, in a new spectacular building, in the best location on our now crime-ridden and filthy-dirty, graffiti-scarred, capital," Trump wrote in a social media post on Saturday.
17% : "Trump has already faced a backlash from some Republicans over his call for the FBI to remain headquartered in Washington D.C.Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis -- one of his Republican primary adversaries -- claimed the former president was "seeking to deepen the swamp" with the move, rather than root out supposed corruption and wasteful spending in the capitol, as Trump had promised to do in his 2016 campaign.
11% : At the time, Gerald Connolly, a Democratic representative for Virginia, said the ties to Trump created a conflict of interest, a claim the Trump White House denied at the time.

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