The four-star Air Force general who oversees U.S. Space Command
walked into a highly secured room on Capitol Hill a week ago to give a
classified briefing to lawmakers and staff, and dropped a surprise.
Pressed by members, Gen. William Shelton said the White House tried to
pressure him to change his testimony to make it more favorable to a
company tied to a large Democratic donor.
The episode—confirmed by The Daily Beast in interviews with
administration officials and the chairman of a congressional oversight
committee—is the latest in a string of incidents that have given
Republicans sudden fodder for questions about whether the Obama
administration is politically interfering in routine government matters
that affect donors or fundraisers.
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