The DOGE just keeps on winning for the taxpayers. And they aren’t just uncovering wasteful spending; they are rooting out fraud, as well. But the DOGE isn’t the only group out there seeking out waste and fraud in government.
Government waste is rampant in Washington these days, but deliberate fraud and abuse of government credit cards is, if anything, worse than simple waste; fraud is a greater level of corruption, in which there is a deliberate decision made to abuse government spending authority. That is what the Department of Defense Inspector General has found: Over 8,000 questionable transactions on government credit cards – and the House Oversight Committee is demanding answers.
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There is an attached letter from the Oversight Committee Chairman, Rep. James Comer (R-KY) and Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) to the Comptroller General of the United States, Gene Dodaro.
The paper trail should allow for the connection of each transaction to the individual that performed it.
There are at a minimum, policy violations for the specific use – and in some cases, fraudulent use could be determined.
For policy violations, termination is a potential result, while fraud could result in conviction with harsh sentences!
Keep working this issue!
Crazy that they can use these credit cards with obviously no back up for the charge, or even someone actually looking at the charges. These people should be held to having to pay back what was fraud. I have confidence that this administration will follow through. Absolutely unacceptable, but not all that shocking with what is going on. I’m sure this has not abnormal behavior for years and years if no one was supervising the spending, but the buck needed to stop here.
8000 seems like a very low number.