The inspector general's firing shows a shift in priorities for the new administration away from Republican talking points about getting tough on fraud. It will instead let fraudsters and criminals evade responsibility…"
Saturday, February 1, 2025
By firing inspectors general, Trump is covering up pandemic-era fraud
"Our team did an intensive staff review to look for likely fraud with input from the lending community and tips from members of Congress. We shared that information with the inspector general, who then often partnered with other federal law enforcement agencies to investigate and advance justice. These investigations had bipartisan support, and former President Joe Biden signed into law a bipartisan bill to increase the statute of limitations for pandemic fraud from five years to 10 years — meaning that the inspector general could be investigating pandemic fraud throughout the next four years of the Trump administration.
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