Maryland’s Democratic governor tapped one of the world’s largest risk management firms for a short-term deal that Republican President-elect Trump is moving next door to prepare.
Gov. Wes Moore hired Accenture PLC, an Irish IT and consulting firm with an estimated $60 billion in revenue, to be the eyes and ears on Trump’s return to Washington, D.C.
Two days after Trump’s victory, Maryland finalized its $190,000 contract.
Accenture’s consultants are charged with analyzing how Trump and congressional Republicans will affect Maryland, including in terms of federal money sent across the Anacostia River as the new administration seeks to tighten the belt. The signal is given.
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Maryland Governor Westley Moore (Getty)
The agreement includes a section focusing on the state’s “resources and efforts and consideration of possible avenues for legal challenges.”
It also seeks to track Trump’s agenda and his constituents’ engagement with third-party groups such as the Heritage Foundation. Baltimore Sun.
Moore acknowledged that Maryland’s interests would be hostile to the White House, but suggested that his hiring of Accenture was not intended to create such an overtly adversarial relationship. Critics have suggested.
A spokesman for Moore dismissed claims that the governor was trying to set up a showdown, saying he has four principles guiding him in the new Trump era: “Defend our constitutional rights; , grow our economy, and restore confidence in our public servants. [and] Our institutions and our democracy.”
“Governor Moore is ready to work with the incoming administration to ensure these goals are met, and where there is common ground, he will find it. Not just as a matter of principle – but Moore As a responsibility to the people of -Miller represents the administration.”
The spokeswoman said hiring a firm like Accenture is standard business practice, and that with the federal government’s “unique role” in Maryland’s economy, it’s important to fully understand how to work with Trump. is
“With potential liabilities of billions of dollars to the state, it would be remiss of the Moore-Miller administration not to be prepared for any new policy directions taken by the federal government.”
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Like Virginia and the District of Columbia, Maryland is tied to the federal government, employing just under 10 percent of the state’s workforce.
The Old Line State is home to several federal agency headquarters. NASA’s Goddard Space Center boasts its own private exit off the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, the NIH campus sits in Bethesda and the FDA calls Silver Spring home.
Geographically, what remains of the original federal district is also entirely former Maryland territory — as Arlington and Alexandria moved back to Virginia in 1847.
Fox News Digital reached out to state House Minority Leader Jason Buckley, R-Cumberland, for comment.
Buckle said MARYLAND AFFAIRS that the deal “is not in the best interest of any Marylander, especially under unified control of our federal government by Republicans,” and suggested the deal was ill-timed given Maryland’s billion-dollar deficit. is
D.C. and Virginia have also played a key role in the big changes that the Trump administration could bring to the region.
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Maryland State Capitol in Annapolis (Getty)
District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser has requested a meeting with Trump. According to FOX5DCWhile Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin was — unlike the other two leaders — a prominent Trump supporter, he had some clear concerns.
“I’m looking forward to the wind at our backs in contrast to everything we’ve been doing as we’ve gone from the bottom of the nation in job growth to the top of the nation,” Youngkin said.
However, in Fairfax County, which, like Maryland’s Prince George’s and Montgomery counties, is home to a large number of federal workers, top municipal leaders warned of the consequences.
Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeffrey McKay told FOX5DC that Fairfax “must be prepared to deal with the potential impact of the new administration.”
He said a second Trump term was a “threat” and noted Trump’s stated goal of “eliminating government bureaucracy.”
An Accenture representative referred Fox News Digital back to Moore’s office.
