A Maryland state audit has concluded that Governor Larry Hogan’s administration failed to follow appropriate procedures when it obtained 500,000 COVID-19 tests from South Korea in the early days of the pandemic.
The LabGenomics kits arrived as states throughout the country scrambled to secure testing devices as the coronavirus spread.
At the time, the Governor celebrated the acquisition, dubbing it “Operation Enduring Freedom,” and describing it as a testament to the state’s special relationship with South Korea. The First Lady of Maryland, Yumi Hogan, is a native of South Korea.
Months later, however, a Washington Post report indicated that the first batch of tests were “flawed” and many had to be replaced.
About $12 million was ultimately paid for the tests and for a chartered flight to ship them, but those funds were not supported by formal written contracts or agreements containing any of the critical provisions required by state regulations, the audit said.
“The lack of a comprehensive written contract precluded effective monitoring,” Gregory Hook, the legislative auditor, wrote. “We also were not provided with comprehensive written documentation of the extent to which other vendors were considered, or of the specific parties involved in the evaluation and selection of LabGenomics.”
Just another example of the COORRUPTION running rampant in government today. The clown show with this incompent rino governor just reenforces my desire to vote with my feet since we on the shore are taxed to death without any real repesentation..Mr Harris excluded, he tries but just a dutchboy with his finger in the dyke. hogan the libtard has done NOTHING he promised and revealed his true colors as turncoat to THE ONLY POLITICAN WHO LOOKED OUT FOR THE PEOPLE
since kennedy! President TRUMP!. We deserve Justice for tyrants like hogan! My advice get out ASAP before the next shoe drops. That will leave the working people holding the bag of taxes that will be required!!!
More ways for the fat bastard to stuff his pockets full of cash. TAXPAYER cash.If something WASN’T wrong the BIG SECRET wouldn’t have been so hush hush.
By the way, being an MSP trooper was assigned at a SECRET location to guard them, what was the motive behind the cloak and dagger aura? I haven’t heard of a single person who owes their life to these kits. A better trace should reveal if the purveyor in Korea was ‘family’. And lastly, I believe there is a fraud here since the FDA said these clandestine saviors of humanity ( Hogan and his sukiyaki wife) operated in total secrecy which is against all the tenets of transparency in government, were NOT approved for use here in the USA. I’m sure the other crook (Miller) had a hand in it. Now we all know he’s lily white in his dealings in Maryland, after all he was a LAWYER whose hand was up Hogan’s ass. Damn shame Hogan couldn’t have went with him to Hell.
Where did the surplus test kits left over wind up?
Remember, the mum Eastern Shore Delegation defended ALL of this when you vote. If this isn’t an off-sides move then I don’t know what is.
It will be swept under the rug just like everything else!!!
Sooooo, he cheated to make himself look good!
He has already shown his RINO colors – so his political career should be finished!
Florida had the test and were ready to ship but Hogan decided globalism was better. Not to mention he was finishing a book and dedicated a chapter to this. Kinda like Cuomo writing a book during a pandemic. Gross
Prime example of criminal conduct by ADOLPH HOGAN and the SOCIALIST DEMOCRATS in Maryland.
ADOLPH HOGAN and all Politians and their buddies / family involved should be criminally charged and be made to reimburse the STATE of MARYLAND from their personal finances and NO tax dollars should be used in this reimbursement.
Maryland ATTORNEY GENERAL should be following up and charging these crooks to the maximum instead of filling / joining lawsuits against President Trumps legislation.
Honestly the Federal Government should be prosecuting this case, since MD ATTORNEY GENERAL agreed to this criminal act against the MD TAX PAYER.
Some of that black market “just the same as” crap that doofus boy fell for at our expense.
$9.4M cannot be swept under the rug.
Larry, just retire. Aspirations for the White House….after this…really?
HAHAHAHAHA
And it took a year for you to figure this out??????