The Trump administration is working to give some MAGA-friendly businesses special relief from President Donald Trump’s tariffs, per documents reviewed exclusively by Salon.

On March 27, Benjamin Grayson, the deputy chief of staff at the Small Business Administration, sent an email to Samuel Scales, a United States Trade Representative staffer, concerning a Florida-based crossbow manufacturer, Barnett Crossbows. The CEO of Surge Outdoors & Barnett Crossbows, Ryan Busbice, is an outspoken Trump supporter.

In his communication to Scales, Grayson said that Barnett Crossbows was “caught in a weird spot with the tariffs” and asked, “Is there anything your office can do?” while passing along a blurb from Busbice describing the company’s situation.

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