Waste, Fraud & Abuse
From Fang Fang to Trump dossier, Eric Swalwell weighs in on sex trap spycraft
Rep. Eric Swalwell, a new member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence in April 2015, sat down for a classified briefing from the FBI on Capitol Hill. The briefing was about him.
Chinese man accused of illegally voting in landlord’s name to ruin his immigration status
Federal prosecutors charged a Chinese man on Wednesday with a bizarre and dastardly plot to try to ruin his former landlord’s immigration status by registering and casting a ballot in his name in Massachusetts, then reporting him to Homeland Security for it.
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Court says mail ballots are ‘prone to fraud,’ backs Texas crackdown law
A federal appeals court upheld a Texas law requiring voters to provide an identification number before casting ballots by mail, plus scolded voting rights activists and a lower court for their efforts to undermine the state's statute.
Former Southern Poverty Law Center official arrested in federal fraud case
Federal authorities arrested the former chief financial officer at the Southern Poverty Law Center on Wednesday, accusing her of signing off on fraudulent bank payments that have put the storied civil rights organization in the Justice Department's crosshairs.
Feds bust massive Chinese fraud ring that arranged 1,000 bogus marriages
Federal prosecutors said Wednesday they disrupted one of the biggest marriage fraud rings in U.S. history that orchestrated more than a thousand bogus unions over a decade in the hopes of getting green cards.
Dem senators accuse Belgian diamond group of ‘cartoonish bribe’ to Trump to buy break from tariffs
Two Democratic senators are pressing for answers about whether a diamond trade organization's 18-karat gold ring gifted to President Trump was a "cartoonish bribe" to obtain tariff exemptions.
More than 50 bodies found improperly stored and decomposing at Chicago funeral home
More than 50 bodies were found improperly stored and decomposing at a Chicago funeral home on Thursday, prompting a hazardous materials response and efforts to identify the remains and notify relatives, authorities said.
White House launches new fraud tracking website to tout efforts
The White House on Thursday launched a new website to track every action the administration has taken to crack down on federal fraud and the efforts to recover taxpayer money from criminal networks.
New Mexico sues DOJ, demands unredacted Epstein files on Zorro Ranch
New Mexico filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department seeking to compel the federal government to hand over unredacted files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
DOGE exaggerated its savings; GAO audit questions 96% of Musk office’s claims
President Trump's Department of Government Efficiency made grand claims about the savings it earned taxpayers -- but much of those never came to pass.
Senate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer questions about the pandemic
A Senate committee voted Thursday to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in criminal contempt of Congress for refusing to answer senators' questions about his decisions and actions during the pandemic.
U.S. DOGE Service could legally outlive DOGE’s formal shutdown, watchdog finds
Department of Government Efficiency-style work could legally continue even though it was terminated, according to a new congressional report.
White House declassifies documents on FBI probe into whether Trump fired Comey at Russia’s urging
The White House on Wednesday released declassified documents saying the FBI launched an investigation into whether President Trump was acting as an asset on behalf of Russia when he fired FBI Director James B. Comey, despite the bureau saying there was little evidence within the agency supporting that assertion.
