A key Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee is citing billions of dollars in pandemic-relief fraud in accusing Joe Biden and his administration of a massive "Cover-up."
"Faced with billions of dollars lost to unchecked unemployment fraud involving organized cybercrime and international crime rings, Democrats have ignored repeated calls for congressional oversight hearings," he charged.
"At the low end, the White House estimates nearly $80 billion has been lost to fraud last year, but outside experts put that number much higher, estimating that criminal fraudsters have stolen $400 billion from American taxpayers - that's half of all the COVID unemployment aid," he explained.
Is Biden covering up the massive pandemic-relief fraud?
He said the Democrats refused Republican attempts, through legislative amendments to last year's stimulus program, to crack down on relief funding and prevent fraud.
"Now, the Biden administration has taken unilateral action to sweep suspected fraud under the rug, allowing states to waive large numbers of suspicious claims and forego recovery and restitution for taxpayers. This is a cover-up from the Biden administration on an issue that has cost American taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars."
He said GOP members on the committee are trying again, with a proposed Combating COVID Unemployment Fraud Act that would cut down on fraudulent allocations in the first place, but also allow for the government to seek the return of dollars paid to fraud.
https://www.wnd.com/2022/02/biden-accused-cover-pandemic-relief-fraud/
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