News Alert: Zinke told Trump he had 'no role' in Puerto Rico’s Whitefish contract

View in your browser     White House: Zinke told Trump he had 'no role' in Puerto Rico’s Whitefish contract Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke assured President Trump on Friday that he had "no role" in Puerto Rico’s controversial decision to sign a $300 million electric utility repair contract with a small company based in Zinke’s hometown, according to the White House. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump asked Zinke during an Oval Office meeting if he had any involvement in the Whitefish Energy Holdings contract. She said the president raised the question “just for clarification purposes.” Whitefish Energy is headquartered in Whitefish, Mont., a town of 7,200 where Zinke was raised. Interior and Whitefish have denied that Zinke played any role in the company getting the Puerto Rico deal. Read the full story here           Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for News Alerts     Forward News Alerts     You Might Like       Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2016 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.