Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, is facing scrutiny from watchdog groups for accepting a trip to the Masters golf tournament from a mogul.
groups for accepting a trip to the Masters golf tournament from a business mogul with investments in the district — who also happens to be a Bowser donor.-based tournament in April with CEO Jodie McLean of the real estate developer EDENS on a private jet that McLean’s company arranged, the, noting tickets on the flight run between $5,000 and $6,000.
The developing Bowser controversy is opening the mayor up to conflict of interest concerns since EDENS reportedly has Washington, D.C., real estate assets — including a retail and dining space that runs 40 acres in the neighborhood of Union Market.review of campaign finance records. McLean directed $2,000 to Bowser’s campaign in 2018 and, in 2014, had also given Bowser $2,000.
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