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Supplier sues distributor over unpaid gas at Trump-touted Freedom Fuel chain
Kinzinger and others link the suit to Trump's gas-price pledge
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Aug 28 11:35 PM
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Critics including former Rep. Adam Kinzinger connected the lawsuit to Trump's earlier promotion of Freedom Fuel's low prices during the Iran-driven oil price spike.
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“A fuel supplier says $4M in gas vanished from its reserves, unpaid. Some allegedly ended up at "Freedom Fuel" stations Trump pitched as cheap gas amid his Iran conflict spiking oil prices.”
@AdamKinzinger Donald Trump U.S. President Mansfield Oil Company Fuel supplier and plaintiff KRSM Inc. Fuel distributor and defendant Freedom Fuel Network Gas station chain endorsed by Trump Adam Kinzinger Former U.S. Representative, commentator
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What was reported
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first by Washington Post , 10d ago · also Philadelphia Inquirer, Seattle Times, Yahoo, The Washington Post
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Trump praised Freedom Fuel for selling gas at $3.47 a gallon. The White House said the company was accepting lower margins to give drivers cheaper fuel. Now a supplier is alleging a very different explanation. Mansfield Oil says KRSM took more than 1 million gallons of
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This would make so much Trumpian sense. Politico: Lawsuit alleges Freedom Fuel gas stations touted by Trump are selling stolen fuel https://www. politico.com/news/2026/08/28/l awsuit-freedom-fuel-gas-stations-trump-01055248
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Nixon's DOJ went after Trump for racial profiling. Do you know how racist you have to be for Richard Nixon to tell you to tone it down?
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https://www. politico.com/news/2026/08/28/l awsuit-freedom-fuel-gas-stations-trump-01055248
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Donald Trump U.S. PresidentMansfield Oil Company Fuel supplier and plaintiffKRSM Inc. Fuel distributor and defendantFreedom Fuel Network Gas station chain endorsed by Trump
Adam Kinzinger Former U.S. Representative, commentator
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