Fox News: Four Individuals Plead Guilty in Connection with a $550 Million USAID Fraud Scheme

MELUGIN Well four people ░░░░░░░░ pleading guilty all part ░░░░░░░░ a half billion dollar ░░░░░░░░ scandal involving USAID Mike ░░░░░░░░ has the story from ░░░░░░░░ EMANUEL Bill good morning ░░░░░░░░ scheme involving cash NBA ░░░░░░░░ and a country club ░░░░░░░░ According to the Justice ░░░░░░░░ USAID official Roderick Watson ░░░░░░░░ his influence starting back ░░░░░░░░ 2013 Contractors Walter Barnes ░░░░░░░░ Darryl Britt funneled payoffs ░░░░░░░░ subcontractor Paul Young to ░░░░░░░░ their tracks It doesn ░░░░░░░░ end there Barnes company ░░░░░░░░ in conjunction with another ░░░░░░░░ kept receiving federal funds ░░░░░░░░ 000 for human resources ░░░░░░░░ late last year and ░░░░░░░░ later after suing the ░░░░░░░░ a contract worth up ░░░░░░░░ 800 million Matthew R ░░░░░░░░ head of the Justice ░░░░░░░░ s Criminal Division saying ░░░░░░░░ scheme violated the public ░░░░░░░░ by corrupting the federal ░░░░░░░░ s procurement process Anybody ░░░░░░░░ cares about good and ░░░░░░░░ government should be concerned ░░░░░░░░ the waste fraud and ░░░░░░░░ in government agencies including ░░░░░░░░ Cutting waste fraud and ░░░░░░░░ has been a big ░░░░░░░░ on Capitol Hill across ░░░░░░░░ a major priority for ░░░░░░░░ Speaker Mike Johnson The ░░░░░░░░ S Agency for International ░░░░░░░░ has been a target ░░░░░░░░ those looking to trim ░░░░░░░░ spending with some suggesting ░░░░░░░░ agency funneled taxpayer dollars ░░░░░░░░ ideological projects Clip starts ░░░░░░░░ The USAID blew it ░░░░░░░░ showed themselves to be ░░░░░░░░ It needs to be ░░░░░░░░ and the funds need ░░░░░░░░ be directed properly Clip ░░░░░░░░ EMANUEL Back to the ░░░░░░░░ the Justice Department says ░░░░░░░░ kind of fraud erodes ░░░░░░░░ trust Bill MELUGIN Wild ░░░░░░░░ Mike Half a billion ░░░░░░░░ Remarkable Mike Emanuel live ░░░░░░░░ D C for us ░░░░░░░░ you, Mike.”