That's...
A LOT of money...
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), an agency essentially dismantled by DOGE amid complaints from Democrats that cutting waste would harm impoverished countries, is at the center of a massive bribery scandal.
A federal contracting officer and three businessmen have pleaded guilty in a scheme involving bribes like cash, NBA tickets, and a country club wedding in a scandal the Department of Justice (DOJ) said was part of a $550 million scam, Fox News Chief Washington Correspondent Mike Emanuel reported Friday.
Roderick Watson, 57, worked as a USAID contracting officer, according to a DOJ press release, and pleaded guilty to "bribery of a public official."
Full article, HERE from Fox News.
One can only wonder how many other 'contracts' are similar, and whom else did the money go to?
We now know a lot of money went to NGOs for 'various' contracts, and that some of those monies were used directly against the US government and used in the United States.
It makes me wonder if the swamp can actually be drained... sigh...
Be of good cheer! Draining the swamp is like eating an elephant - you accomplish it one bite at a time. It's necessary to realize that it will take much longer than 4 years and prepare for the next couple of elections (at least - maybe more) to insure we have a MAGA-type person at the top of the ticket. The corruption is endemic to any large bureaucracy - the stated aim of cutting costs and reducing the size of government will go a long way towards making the swamp dry, arable land.
So...much...swamp. Will this be unravelled? Seems like a Herculean task, hampered by the fact of "honest politician" being an oxymoron.