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Showing posts with label misuse of funds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label misuse of funds. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
Ossoff presses GOP opponent Mike Collins on House Ethics probe - Live Updates - POLITICO
The Office of Congressional Conduct — a nonpartisan, quasi-independent entity tasked with vetting and reviewing ethics complaints to then pass onto the House Ethics Committee — in January released a report saying it found “substantial reason to believe” that Collins’ office used official funds for unauthorized purposes. Those purposes, according to the report, included appearing to hire and pay “a district intern who had a preexisting personal romantic relationship with the office of chief of staff who did not perform duties commensurate with her compensation.”…
Saturday, May 23, 2026
An Arizona Sheriff’s Office Misused $163M Related to Racial Profiling Case — ProPublica
Since 2013, Maricopa County officials have approved $226 million in sheriff’s office spending related to a settlement aimed at rooting out racial profiling. Auditors found that more than 70% of it was misattributed or misappropriated...
https://www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-sheriff-audit
Saturday, May 16, 2026
Monday, January 29, 2024
Trump White House pharmacy improperly provided drugs and misused funds, Pentagon report says | Reuters
The unit spent $46,500 from 2017-2019 on 8,900 unit doses of Ambien, a brand name sleeping medication, which was 174 times more than the $270 the generic equivalent would have cost for the same amount of doses. It spent $98,000 on 4,180 unit doses of Provigil, a brand name stimulant, 55 times more than the $1,800 the generic equivalent would have cost, the report found...
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Monday, August 21, 2023
Project Veritas Founder Is Under Investigation, and the Organization Is In Shambles – Mother Jones
In February, O'Keefe stepped down from his role as chairman and CEO of Project Veritas amid concerns from the board about his spending and complaints from staff about his leadership style. (It has been a huge mess.)
O'Keefe left the organization in shambles. Last month, former board member Matthew Tyrmand resigned and threatened to air dirt on O'Keefe, publicly calling him a "lying sack of shit" and a "fkn scumbag." Such talk doesn't tend to reflect well on an organization...
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Florida judge orders DeSantis to hand over migrant flights records - POLITICO
DeSantis said he launched the migrant relocation program — which is being paid from interest earned off billions in Covid-19 relief aid provided to Florida by Congress — as part of an effort to draw attention to the immigration policies of President Joe Biden. But the flights were roundly condemned by Democrats, who called it a "political stunt" and akin to human trafficking. The Treasury Department's watchdog is currently looking into whether DeSantis improperly used money related to Covid-19 relief dollars...
Sunday, June 19, 2022
The ‘big rip-off’: how Trump exploited his fans with ‘election defense’ fund | Donald Trump | The Guardian
The former president used donations to a nonexistent legal defense fund for his hotels and the January 6 Ellipse rally…
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Tex. Democrats urge review of use of covid aid to fund border crackdown - The Washington Post
"Texas has struggled immensely during the pandemic, and these funds are critical to help our state recover from the devastation of the past two years," the Democratic lawmakers wrote. "Governor Abbott must not be allowed to use federal coronavirus relief funds to further his political theater at the expense of Texas families."…
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