EXCLUSIVE | Brazilian meat conglomerate JBS, caught in bribery, COVID, and child labor scandals, faced getting cut off from federal contracts. Then it hired a former top aide to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.
In his letter to Maloney, Vilsack maintained that the USDA had decided to continue working with JBS in early February 2021, which would place the determination prior to either him or Thieman assuming—or, in his case, resuming—their current roles.
The USDA did not respond to repeated questions about what that review entailed, or about whether he or his staff had been in contact with Thieman during that time.
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