Tag: government corruption

‘Betrayed The Public Trust’: Federal Bureaucrat Charged for Alleged Massive Food Stamp Fraud Scheme

Daily Caller News Foundation
Tennessee Star

The Department of Justice (DOJ) charged six individuals, including one federal employee, in an alleged multi-million dollar food stamp fraud case.

The defendants allegedly defrauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps, according to a press release Thursday from the DOJ. The scam, involving a USDA employee, reportedly amassed over $66 million in transactions through the use of unauthorized Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) terminals at retail locations and with the assistance of fraudulent codes provided by the employee to redeem SNAP uses at stores, the agency stated.

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Commentary: Unleashing DOGE on the Billion Dollar EPA Climate Caper

American Greatness
Climate United Fund

Recently some old-timey retired financial crime investigators suggested to me an approach DOGE might take toward recouping billions of dollars ripped off from American taxpayers by grifters in the last dying gasps of that horror show called the Biden administration. I think it bears relating here. Are you listening, Elon?

The suggestion was prompted by an article by Matt Taibi regarding a $20 billion slush fund discussed publicly on X by new Environmental Protection Agency director Lee Zeldin. As Taibi says, “It’s a true, crazy, obscene story.” Hat tip to the good people at Project Veritas as well, who first cracked this story in December 2024, when they caught an EPA special assistant, Zach Efron, who worked on “climate change things,” admitting on camera that he and his EPA colleagues were rushing to push billions of dollars out the EPA door before the Trump team took over. Efron actually said to the PV folks that their policy was, “Get the money out as fast as possible before they [Trump Administration] come in … it’s like we’re on the Titanic and we’re throwing gold bars off the edge.” He also said, “It was an insurance policy against Trump winning.”

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House Republicans Forcing Tough and Defining Votes on Democrats Ahead of November Election

Just the News
Committee on House Administration chairman Bryan Steil

Ahead of the November election, Republicans have forced tough votes on Democrats that may hurt their chances at the polls. From election security to law enforcement to illegal immigration, House Republicans have passed bills that most House Democrats have voted against, despite Americans’ prevalent concerns about those issues.

According to the Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll, conducted with Noble Predictive Insights in March, when given a range of top concerns, 45 percent of likely voters said inflation/price increases, 44 percent said illegal immigration, and 24 percent said the economy/jobs.

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