Rep. Joe Neguse on Noem Contracts: ‘It Is Grifting and Fraud and Corruption’

NEGUSE: “Yeah. I mean, there are a number of ways to pursue accountability. So first and foremost, it is very clear, based on what we’ve seen in public reporting, that secretary noem lied before the Senate and house judiciary committees. And you’ve already seen a number of senators come out in essentially intimate that she may have committed perjury, of course, with this Department of Justice, very unlikely that you’re going to see any potential consequences in that regard. I think that a subpoena of secretary noem and, frankly, subpoenas with respect to these other companies, you know, the shell corporations that we exposed and propublica and other organizations have exposed over the course of the last several months so that we can get to the bottom of where this $220 million went. I think that there’s a tendency, of course, you know, this, Jen, in Washington to kind of overcomplicate some of the developments, in particular as it relates to oversight. But this is pretty simple. I mean, you’re just fundamentally talking about public figures, government actors steering massive amounts of taxpayer dollars to political allies. That’s it. It is grifting and fraud and corruption. You know, you can sort of pick the phrase, but fundamentally it’s treating taxpayer money as though it is their own and all while Americans are struggling right now to make it the worst job numbers that we’ve seen since Covid just yesterday announced. So yeah, I think there are a”

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Rep. Joe Neguse on Noem Contracts: ‘It Is Grifting and Fraud and Corruption’‘There are a number of ways to pursue accountability‘News & PoliticsRUSH EXCERPT:NEGUSE: “Yeah. I mean, there are a number of ways to pursue accountability. So first and foremost, it is very clear, based on what we’ve seen in public reporting, that secretary noem lied before the Senate and house judiciary committees. And you’ve already seen a number of senators come out in essentially intimate that she may have committed perjury, of course, with this Department of Justice, very unlikely that you’re going to see any potential consequences in that regard. I think that a subpoena of secretary noem and, frankly, subpoenas with respect to these other companies, you know, the shell corporations that we exposed and propublica and other organizations have exposed over the course of the last several months so that we can get to the bottom of where this $220 million went. I think that there’s a tendency, of course, you know, this, Jen, in Washington to kind of overcomplicate some of the developments, in particular as it relates to oversight. But this is pretty simple. I mean, you’re just fundamentally talking about public figures, government actors steering massive amounts of taxpayer dollars to political allies. That’s it. It is grifting and fraud and corruption. You know, you can sort of pick the phrase, but fundamentally it’s treating taxpayer money as though it is their own and all while Americans are struggling right now to make it the worst job numbers that we’ve seen since Covid just yesterday announced. So yeah, I think there are a”Video filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Audio filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Recipient e-mailMessage (optional)Preview

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