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Democratic senators are pressing five federal agencies for answers about whether the Trump and Lutnick families hold personal financial interests in critical mineral agreements.
Critical minerals are raw materials governments classify as essential to national security and industrial supply chains because they are difficult to substitute and often produced in only a handful of countries.
The senators directed the Departments of Commerce, Defense, Energy, and Interior, along with the Export-Import Bank, to preserve all records connected to those deals.
What the senators asked for Five agencies received the preservation request, each with a different stake in how the United States secures raw material access.
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