Federal officials announced on Thursday new indictments against 14 defendants accused of Medicaid and COVID-19 relief fraud in Ohio. This comes after investigative reporter Luke Rosiak released a deep dive investigation last month into Somali fraud in Ohio, where he revealed the vast Somali Medicaid fraud ring in Columbus, Ohio, which is estimated to have stolen over a billion federal tax dollars.
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche unveiled indictments on Thursday against multiple individuals in Ohio accused of stealing over $50 million in government funds. Blanche unsealed charges against 14 defendants, including state employees, during a press conference. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Director Mehmet Oz accused the suspects of defrauding taxpayers, including by corrupting publicly funded […]
US president alleges there is ‘big cheating’ in elections for governor and Los Angeles mayor as results are pendingDonald Trump has alleged without evidence that Democrats are cheating in California’s primaries and claimed in a late-night social media post that the US attorney’s office in Los Angeles was investigating.As counting continues in the most populous state in the US, the president’s unfounded remarks are likely to further alarm election observers, who have warned of the risk of escalating misinformation in the absence of a final result. Continue reading...
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced a major, coordinated federal and state crackdown on massive fraud schemes across Ohio. AAG Blanche detailed a 32-count indictment involving state employees, a scheme to defraud Medicare, Medicaid, the COVID-19 relief program PPP, and emphasized the administration’s relentless pursuit of law and order to protect American taxpayers. Acting AG […]
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel will brief reporters Thursday morning on the federal efforts to combat alleged Medicaid fraud. Their remarks come a day after the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a task force hearing on fraud allegations in Ohio. The Trump administration also recently introduced new work…
The New Jersey US Attorney’s Office charged Brendan John Geier, 26, with assaulting federal officers and causing bodily injury leaving them with “horrific wounds,” according to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.
The House of Representatives passed a resolution Wednesday to curtail President Donald Trump's war powers in Iran, with four Republicans breaking from their party to deliver one of the most significant legislative rebukes of his presidency – and a signal that his grip might be slipping.The resolution passed 215-208, and if approved by the Senate — where it appears to have the support of roughly 50 members — the president would be required to either withdraw American forces from Iran or obtain explicit congressional authorization to continue military operations, and CNN's Aaron Blake examined the significance of that vote."At the very least, the House vote was a striking commentary on just how much Republicans appear to be losing patience with Trump and his politically damaging war," Blake wrote. "It was a sign that a small but clearly significant number of them are less willing to give him time to try and figure a way out.""The result is that Trump is increasingly boxed in," he added.The White House has signaled it views the underlying law as unconstitutional and may attempt to disregard the resolution entirely, but the vote arrived at a moment of mounting pressure on the administration across several fronts.Senate Republicans broke sharply with the White House this week over its proposed "anti-weaponization" fund — a $1.776 billion mechanism intended to compensate individuals the administration claims were wronged by the Biden administration. Critics within the GOP warned the fund could operate as an unaccountable political slush fund, potentially benefiting allies of the president, including individuals convicted in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the fund was being withdrawn, though Trump himself has yet to formally abandon it.The administration also retreated on a separate front, with Trump signaling he would defer to Congress on the future of the Kennedy Center after a federal court ruled against him on the question of his name appearing on the building.Adding to the White House's difficulties, Trump's selection of Bill Pulte — director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and widely seen as lacking intelligence experience — as acting director of national intelligence drew sharp skepticism on Capitol Hill. Democrats have indicated they may withhold support for the renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a critical surveillance authority set to expire, unless Pulte's appointment is reconsidered.Trump's poll numbers have fallen to historic lows, and Tuesday's primaries brought a rare loss for a Trump-backed candidate in Iowa. Several Republicans ousted in recent primaries, now freed from reelection concerns, have begun voting and speaking against the president with increasing frequency.Negotiations with Iran, meanwhile, have shown little sign of producing a breakthrough."There is little sign that it’s happening fast enough for Trump and his domestic political concerns," Blake wrote. "There is plenty of reason to doubt Iran would agree to anything Trump could truly sell as a good deal. And he has bluffed so many times about restarting large-scale military strikes that Tehran doesn’t seem to be taking that threat seriously anymore."The House also doesn't seem to be buying into his bluff, either, and his options are narrowing."If the Senate follows suit," Blake wrote, "he’ll really find himself inside a box."
