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And that's why it was one of Trump/Vance main campaign topic?

Deflection as usual

You were not but that's what the poster I replied to was baselessly insinuating.

For the time being, it's just get tweets out! 🙂

Absolutely not. I have replied to your question, and I have explained why it was not enough, by citing facts. Then it's you discarding facts and replying with the usual political discourse. Tell me what the current administration plans to do to recover more money and fines, and I will gladly give my opinion about it.

Of course. However, before accusing someone of fraud, evidence must be shown. On top of it, as the tax returns have been publicized, you can be sure they have been scrutinised by GOP analysts (and that the Dems did the same for GOP congressmen).

The reason why he was fired? Maybe because this IG was investigating how Starlink used its USAID funding! 🤣 During a hearing at the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability in September, USAID Inspector General Paul K. Martin told Congress that the agency was examining its relationship with Starlink, one of Musk's most prominent tech ventures. https://www.newsweek.com/usaid-elon-musk-starlink-probe-ukraine-2027054

More deflection... I was mentioned a fact, which explains (possibly among other causes) why so little money has been recovered. I wrote it's not enough. In other words, more should be done. Is it clear enough for you? I will express my opinion more clearly. This is just a political show trying to present something, already investigated and identified, as a new discovery of a hidden scandal by DOGE. This is known already, there was a congress investigation and a bill discussed. The bill was rejected by the GOP. There may or may not have been enough good reasons to reject this bill, but it explains why not enough has been done. So more should be done. What does the current administration intend to do about it, in order to recover more money and fines?

That's what the source I linked said. Different sources seem to show different numbers. As to the people you cited, their tax returns are public. There is no mystery about where the money comes from. It's just one of your MAGA fake scandals.

They failed to cooperate during a few hours on a security clearance matter....

I have already replied that it's not enough.... and that a proposal to do more has been rejected by the GOP.

Phagocytosis comes to mind...

In other words, you have no meaningful reply....

He said that later when he started to backpedal. Before the election, that's what he said. Sorry not nrc, press conference. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/12/economy/grocery-prices-inflation-trump-interview/index.html

A the NRC and during the debate with Harris.

Anybody with half a brain knew that Trump was lying when he said he would bring down the price of food immediately. MAGAs simply don't care about Trump's lies.

And Russia is 1.7%. And its main neighbour is China with 17% of the world's population! 😆

On this matter, your support is eloquent! 🙂

They have a plan which is quite different from Trump's takeover project, which they rejected., How is it a win for Trump? 😆

And, of course, someone just appointed by Trump can be trusted to tell the truth! 🤣

Lol! This contract was made and started by the Trump administration in 2018! Another ridiculous MAGA fake scandal! It's on usaspending.com, just like the other MAGA fake scandals! https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA865018C7886_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- And that's the subject of the contract: ACTIVE SOCIAL ENGINEERING DEFENSE (ASED) LARGE SCALE SOCIAL DECEPTION (LSD) North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)Code 54 : Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 5417: Scientific Research and Development Services 541715: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) Product or Service Code(PSC) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AC: C – National Defense R&D Services AC62: R&D- DEFENSE SYSTEM: ELECTRONICS/COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT (APPLIED RESEARCH/EXPLORATORY DEVELOPMENT) What is social engineering Defense? “The Active Social Engineering Defense (ASED) program aims to develop the core technology to enable the capability to automatically identify, disrupt, and investigate social engineering attacks. If successful, the ASED technology will do this by actively detecting attacks, intervening in communications between users and potential attackers, and coordinating investigations into the source of the attacks,” said the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). https://www.klzradio.com/2025/02/07/u-s-military-under-scrutiny-over-9-million-payment-to-reuters-news-agency-worthy-news-investigation/

The $1.4B is from mid-2023, I don't know the current count. It's certainly not enough but due to the large number of cases, it's not surprising that it may be slow. The Dems proposed a fraud prevention and recovery act particularly aimed at Covid related fraud. Guess which party opposed it? I would not be surprised if the GOP ends up voting a similar bill one day.

And they have done something.

Dully noted! 🙂

Ah OK, I thought that was the source in the post to which Yellowtail replied when he made the quoted comment. This one https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-results-nationwide-covid-19-fraud-enforcement-action