1. United States
2. Ohio
3. Letter

Congress needs to investigate the White House ballroom project immediately. Trump himself admitted on Air Force One that "the ballroom essentially becomes a shed for what's being built underneath." This isn't a ballroom. It's a cover for a classified underground facility funded through a mechanism that bypasses your constitutional authority over spending. The Philanthropic Support Agreement, hidden for six months until a FOIA lawsuit forced its release, funnels donor money through the Trust for the National Mall to a White House construction account covering "all aspects of repair, renovation, construction, and security" with no boundary between above-ground and underground work. The donor list reads like a defense contractor registry: Palantir, Booz Allen Hamilton, Lockheed Martin, Amazon, Google, Microsoft. These companies build classified federal data infrastructure and military AI platforms, not event venues. 23 of 37 donors are active federal lobbyists who failed to report their contributions as required by the Lobbying Disclosure Act. Clark Construction received a $17.4 million no-bid contract for fountain renovation with a competitive bid price of $3.3 million, using an emergency exemption meant for hurricane damage. After Judge Leon halted above-ground construction, Pam Bondi was fired and replaced by Trump's personal attorney Todd Blanche, who immediately threatened the National Trust lawsuit. This creates a template for any president to build classified infrastructure with private money beyond Congressional oversight. Exercise your appropriations authority and investigate this scheme before the June 5th appeals court hearing.