Trump SBA initiates audit of all government contracts awarded in last 10 years
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Following the emergence of a large bribery scandal in the USAID, the Small Business Administration (SBA) has ordered full control of all government contract officials who have applied authority to the authority within the scope of the agency’s business development program in the last 15 years.
In a letter obtained by Fox News Digital, SBA manager Kelly Loffler said that the scale of the USAID fraud is “a damaging reflection of systemic failures in surveillance and accountability”. He also said that the fraud is not “an isolated event.”
In response, Loeffler instructed Tre Pennie, who controls the government contracts issued by the SBA, to “act stable” to destroy any similar potential abuse in the agency.
Loeffler told Pennie that the agency’s rewarding officers should start a full -scale control until 2010.
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Sol: Then you. Kelly Loeffler, RT-Ga., March 9, 2020 Monday, Marietta, GA’da a re-election campaign speaks during the rally. Right: Washington, DC, USA, an American flag outside the USAID building in February 1, 2025 and the USAID flag. (AP Photo/John Bazemore and Reuters/Annabelle Gordon)
“The role of the federal government contract officials does not maintain a ceremony or self -maintenance; He said. “The contract process should be transparent and built on merit, not personal earnings.”
This comes after the disassembly of the Dge Waste, fraud and abuse interruptions under Elon Musk and President Donald Trump. The movement was greeted with great protests of the Democrats who claimed that cutting USAID would impoverish and harm buyers in the world.
Despite the allegations of how well the agency did, an effective contract official named Roderick Watson in the USAID was able to realize a huge, long -term bribery plan dating back to 2013.
According to a Doj press release, 57 -year -old Watson was found guilty of “a public official’s bribe”.
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Protesters are holding panels as Pete Marocco, Assistant Manager at the US International Development Agency (USAID), attending a meeting with congress members to discuss foreign aids at Capitol Hill in Washington in Washington, USA. (Reuters/Kent Nishimura)
According to Doj, Watson has sold its influence since 2013, and the owner of Vistorists brought the funnel to hide their ways through Walter Barnes and Darryl Britt, owner of the army, subcontractor Paul Young.
A Doj Press Release Said That Britt and Barnes “Regularsly Funnelly Funnelled Bibes to Watson, Incluting Cash, Laptops, Thousands of Dollars in Tickets to A NBA Game, A Country Club Wedding, Downpayments on Two Resequets, Cellular Phones, and Jobs For Rlatives.
The statement claims that Watson received bribes “more than about $ 1 million” as a part of the plan.
In November 2023, Vistant was given as part of a joint attempt, with one of the focus of this agreement, “from Central America to the United States, awarded various issues affecting the various issues affecting the root causes of irregular migration,” President Joe Biden was awarded with a subject that he approves.
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A worker removes the US International Development Agency at Washington DC on February 07, 2025 (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
A few days later, this contract was canceled after issuing a notification of the USAID of Vistan’s “evidence of the execution of the lack of business honesty or honesty”.
The joint venture later filed a lawsuit against the government to enter the external list and rewarded the contract and rewarded the contract and paid a $ 10,000 in August 2024.
In his letter, Loeffler said in his letter that the USAID scandal represents a collapse in very assurances that should protect the US taxpayer dollars and provide fair access to legitimate small enterprises “.
There was no “honesty and honesty” by USAID.
“The ability of a permanent, large -scale fraud operation to a permanent, large -scale fraud operation of a federal official talks about a collapse that requires a failure in internal controls and the immediately correction in the contract environment.” He said.
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Small Business Administration Building (US State Accounting Office)
He said that the SBA plays a “critical role” in the federal contract and that “abuse at the expense of taxpayers and deserving small businesses” will no longer stop.
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Loeffler said that the agency’s audit will begin with high dollar and limited competition contracts in 8 (A) business development program of the SBA. The findings will be directed to the US General Inspector (OIG) and Doj.
Loeffler said that any official or enterprise that violates the Ethical standards of the SBA or committed criminal abuses will be directed to the appropriate authorities and that the SBA will help the DOMANTED funds to recover the abused funds.
“We will not allow public confidence to quietly wear with the rear door opportunities and unmarked discretionary authority.” Loeffler. He said.
“We owe it to the small businesses of America to do this right,” he continued. “Your office has the authority and now the authority to act determined.”
