Wait until OP hears about the Navy. Can't wait for the calls to dissolve the Navy.

https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/retired-navy-admiral-and-business-executives-arrested-bribery-scheme

This crap goes on in DOD too. Should we shut down that agency too?

Note: the government found the fraud and took care of it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not going to say there wasn’t fraud, but the worse evil is having medicine sit around and go bad while people NEED it so you can catch the fraudsters.
If the system was broken in places, fix it, but don’t tear everything down and say you have done good. You committed a greater evil because you had the power to help people, had the medicine in hand and pulled it away from them at the last moment. THAT is evil at work.

What's evil is four people scamming for $550 million. Stop changing the subject. It's tacit rationalization.

Did you note that this went on for 10 years—-so during Trump’s first administration as well! Sounds like a bad apple that was rooted out. One example, that the Trump folks allowed to happen. I’m glad they were caught. It was illegal and immoral. But it does not justify dismantling the entire program.

Anonymous wrote:Why do MAGA and the GOP and Fox think they have any credibility at this point. Everything you people say is a lie until proven otherwise.

This x10000000000.
The felon and his couch thumper blatantly lied for political expediency.

I believe nothing out of this admin.

It was investigated in 2022. Under BIDEN. The OIG did its job, dipshit.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not going to say there wasn’t fraud, but the worse evil is having medicine sit around and go bad while people NEED it so you can catch the fraudsters.
If the system was broken in places, fix it, but don’t tear everything down and say you have done good. You committed a greater evil because you had the power to help people, had the medicine in hand and pulled it away from them at the last moment. THAT is evil at work.

What's evil is four people scamming for $550 million. Stop changing the subject. It's tacit rationalization.

I”m not changing the subject at ALL.

Of course it is wrong to scam money. It is a BIGGER wrong to deny medicine to sick people in the name of catching a few fraudsters. THAT is the work of DOGE and very pertinent to the OPs post of finding fraud in USAID. The flip side is USAID AIDED people more often than fraudsters.
Getting rid of the good and NEVER RESTARTING THE GOOD while rooting out the bad is creating a bigger evil than the bad did.

What the fraudsters did is wrong, what DOGE/ stopping USAID is evil.

Fraudsters should be caught and punished while keeping the good parts of USAID.

This seems like common sense, but you are attacking over it. So gross.

Anonymous wrote:I’m not going to say there wasn’t fraud, but the worse evil is having medicine sit around and go bad while people NEED it so you can catch the fraudsters.
If the system was broken in places, fix it, but don’t tear everything down and say you have done good. You committed a greater evil because you had the power to help people, had the medicine in hand and pulled it away from them at the last moment. THAT is evil at work.

What's evil is four people scamming for $550 million. Stop changing the subject. It's tacit rationalization.

I’m not going to say there wasn’t fraud, but the worse evil is having medicine sit around and go bad while people NEED it so you can catch the fraudsters.
If the system was broken in places, fix it, but don’t tear everything down and say you have done good. You committed a greater evil because you had the power to help people, had the medicine in hand and pulled it away from them at the last moment. THAT is evil at work.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As only one small example, it was recently discovered that an influential contracting officer at USAID named Roderick Watson was able to carry out a massive, long-term bribery scheme dating all the way back to 2013. Watson, 57, pleaded guilty to bribery of a public official.


There was massive fraud occurring throughout USAID.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/exclusive-trump-admin-takes-action-after-massive-fraud-uncovered-agency-dems-tried-protect-from-doge

lol Fox News? Fox News is controlled by republicans. It is a propaganda machine for Trump and the Republicans. They spin up lies and disinformation nothing more. They do not even have reporters.

There. Not from Fox News, moron.



USAID Official and Three Corporate Executives Plead Guilty to Decade-Long Bribery Scheme Involving Over $550 Million in Contracts; Two Companies Admit Criminal Liability for Bribery Scheme and Securities Fraud

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/usaid-official-and-three-corporate-executives-plead-guilty-decade-long-bribery-scheme

USAID official and three corporate executives plead guilty to decade-long bribery scheme involving more than $550 million in contracts; two companies admit criminal liability for bribery scheme and securities fraud

https://www.irs.gov/compliance/criminal-investigation/usaid-official-and-three-corporate-executives-plead-guilty-to-decade-long-bribery-scheme-involving-more-than-550-million-in-contracts-two-companies-admit-criminal-liability-for-bribery-scheme-and

USAID Official and Three Corporate Executives Plead Guilty to Decade-Long Bribery Scheme Involving Over $550 Million in Contracts; Two Companies Admit Criminal Liability for Bribery Scheme and Securities Fraud

https://oig.usaid.gov/node/7746

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As only one small example, it was recently discovered that an influential contracting officer at USAID named Roderick Watson was able to carry out a massive, long-term bribery scheme dating all the way back to 2013. Watson, 57, pleaded guilty to bribery of a public official.


There was massive fraud occurring throughout USAID.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/exclusive-trump-admin-takes-action-after-massive-fraud-uncovered-agency-dems-tried-protect-from-doge

lol Fox News? Fox News is controlled by republicans. It is a propaganda machine for Trump and the Republicans. They spin up lies and disinformation nothing more. They do not even have reporters.

Which Republican do you believe controls fox? (Rupert Murdoch is out, and his boys HATE maga.)

Anonymous wrote:I'll wait to read more about this when a legitimate news agency reports on it.

You just have to scroll more on the Fox News articles. The headline often contradicts the truth of the article. The truth is, they found this out and cancelled a contract in Nov 2023. The company sued and the contract was reawarded.

“The joint venture then successfully sued the government over being put on that exclusion list and was re-awarded the contract and given a $10,000 payment in August 2024”.

And now,
In her letter, Loeffler said the USAID scandal "represents a collapse in the very safeguards that are supposed to protect American taxpayer dollars and ensure fair access for legitimate small businesses."

She slammed the Biden administration for awarding the $800 million contract to Vistant despite the business being labeled by USAID as lacking "honesty and integrity."

"The fact that a federal official was able to act as the linchpin of a persistent, large-scale fraud operation speaks to a failure in internal controls and a breakdown in the contracting environment that demands immediate correction," said Loeffler.

So, the company won the lawsuit and wasn’t on the exclusion list anymore and the government had to award the contract to them and somehow this is Biden fault? No.

Anonymous wrote:Why do MAGA and the GOP and Fox think they have any credibility at this point. Everything you people say is a lie until proven otherwise.

+1

Fvking lying POSs

Anonymous wrote:I'll wait to read more about this when a legitimate news agency reports on it.

Read the interview with the ex-Doge member who talked about they didnt really find fraud. How disappointed he was. We all know there are ways to make things more efficient/to reduce waste. But the fraud is not happening in the government. The fraud is people who try to take advantage of government programs and money. You know, like Elon Musk.

I'll wait to read more about this when a legitimate news agency reports on it.

Anonymous wrote:It’s also extremely interesting that DNC fundraising has dropped precipitously since the elimination of the US AID.

Do you think it could be because Democrats are doing nothing to stop a hugely unpopular president?