Judge halting dismantling of USAID says there's no support for Musk/Trump's claim of massive "corruption and fraud"
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1srelluc
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But we control the narrative now so bugger off to your safe space.
Missourian
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Your judgement is suspect.
elektra
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Cause we are not the democrats piggy bank
Rambunctious
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Breaking today... Musk was told to keep digging despite the judge's order... kind of like Biden did over and over again...
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Rambunctious
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DC is full of auditors... and look what has been done with our money... did you know that USAID gave a cement company in Palestine 300 million dollars and Hamas used the cement to build tunnels?... come on man... no auditor exposed that or tranny shows in Africa at tune of 1.2 million dollars...
/—-/ How the hell does a judge in NY know what has been uncovered in Washington? Unless, he’s in on the scam and is protecting the other crooks.
Not a chance.
Sure looks that way.
NewsVine_Mariyam
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So does anyone know whether Trump/Elon/et al minions are referring to what they're doing as an investigation, audit, forensic accounting examination?!? Anything like that?Nichols noted that despite Trump’s claim of massive “corruption and fraud” in the agency, government lawyers had no support for that argument in court. Aside from that assertion, the judge said, the administration was unable to explain “what harm would befall the government if it could not immediately place on administrative leave the more than 2000 employees in question.”
An attorney for the Trump administration — acting Justice Department Civil Division head Brett Shumate — had urged Nichols to refrain from intervening in the matter on an emergency basis, saying the issue amounted to an employment dispute that could be resolved through other grievance processes. He noted that the 2,200 employees being placed on leave would still be paid and could challenge any actions they felt were improper.
But Nichols rejected that argument. “Administrative leave in Syria is not the same as administrative leave in Bethesda: simply being paid cannot change that fact.”
The judge says the administration lawyers brough no evidence of corruption.
When have we heard of trump lawyers making absurd claims they don't have evidence of before?
Seems like a habit for them.
Of course when they lose, they will blame the judge, not their lack of evidence.
USAID did not give millions of taxpayer dollars to Politico. The spending came from agencies across the federal government for subscriptions to Politico Pro, according to USA Spending, the database that tracks government grants and contracts.
The spokesperson acknowledges the figure is bunk.
Turning Point USA Spokesperson Andrew Kolvet said Kirk was referring to the top-line figure of $8 million in taxpayer dollars going to Politico. Kolvet acknowledged the amount coming from USAID was smaller, but he questioned its necessity.
USAID did not fund a musical in Ireland, the state department did. And it wasn't a musical.
Speaking with reporters Feb. 3, Leavitt said USAID gave a grant for "production of a DEI musical in Ireland." That grant came from the State Department, not USAID.
The grant funded a 2022 music festival (not a musical) in 2022 at the U.S. Embassy in Ireland, according to Irish news site Gript. The event featured performances from Irish musicians.
Further debunking at this link
Claims about Politico, ‘DEI musical’ and USAID spending distort the facts
Elon Musk and Republicans in support of his DOGE efforts have repeatedly made false claims about government spending.www.statesman.com
Doesn't mean there is none, Gramps.
NewsVine_Mariyam
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And there it is, the paranoia...
GWV5903
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You’re brain dead…Nichols noted that despite Trump’s claim of massive “corruption and fraud” in the agency, government lawyers had no support for that argument in court. Aside from that assertion, the judge said, the administration was unable to explain “what harm would befall the government if it could not immediately place on administrative leave the more than 2000 employees in question.”
An attorney for the Trump administration — acting Justice Department Civil Division head Brett Shumate — had urged Nichols to refrain from intervening in the matter on an emergency basis, saying the issue amounted to an employment dispute that could be resolved through other grievance processes. He noted that the 2,200 employees being placed on leave would still be paid and could challenge any actions they felt were improper.
But Nichols rejected that argument. “Administrative leave in Syria is not the same as administrative leave in Bethesda: simply being paid cannot change that fact.”
The judge says the administration lawyers brough no evidence of corruption.
When have we heard of trump lawyers making absurd claims they don't have evidence of before?
Seems like a habit for them.
Of course when they lose, they will blame the judge, not their lack of evidence.
USAID did not give millions of taxpayer dollars to Politico. The spending came from agencies across the federal government for subscriptions to Politico Pro, according to USA Spending, the database that tracks government grants and contracts.
The spokesperson acknowledges the figure is bunk.
Turning Point USA Spokesperson Andrew Kolvet said Kirk was referring to the top-line figure of $8 million in taxpayer dollars going to Politico. Kolvet acknowledged the amount coming from USAID was smaller, but he questioned its necessity.
USAID did not fund a musical in Ireland, the state department did. And it wasn't a musical.
Speaking with reporters Feb. 3, Leavitt said USAID gave a grant for "production of a DEI musical in Ireland." That grant came from the State Department, not USAID.
The grant funded a 2022 music festival (not a musical) in 2022 at the U.S. Embassy in Ireland, according to Irish news site Gript. The event featured performances from Irish musicians.
Further debunking at this link
Claims about Politico, ‘DEI musical’ and USAID spending distort the facts
Elon Musk and Republicans in support of his DOGE efforts have repeatedly made false claims about government spending.www.statesman.com
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