Sentences with phrase «misuse of taxpayer money»

Whether any instances of fraud or misuse of taxpayer money have occurred within the system and how it was addressed;

This is a gross misuse of taxpayer money.

This is a misuse of taxpayer money!

Government Accountability Institute is an organization founded by Peter Schweizer and Mr. Bannon that pledges to «investigate and expose crony capitalism, misuse of taxpayer monies, and other governmental corruption or malfeasance.»

Not exact matches

Since announcing her run for Congress, Maggie Brooks has been saddled with an ongoing corruption investigation that includes questions regarding Brooks» husband and the possible misuse of $ 224 million dollars in taxpayer money, and has been dogged by her unwillingness to address the issues, ineffective leadership, and her record of increasing County taxes, fees and debt.

The city Department of Investigation's probe of vehicle misuse at the agency, released in April, revealed that 21 senior - level DOC employees «routinely abused take - home vehicle privileges and cost City taxpayers thousands of dollars in wasted money spent on gas and tolls to cover personal trips.»

Intense public anger at the apparent misuse of the money followed the revelation that the # 420,576 received by the Tories and the # 99,423 pocketed by the Lib Dems had actually been intended for taxpayers.

Pretty blatant misuse of NY taxpayer money... thought a miser like you would be outraged when state money is given away?

A source said AG Eric Schneiderman's office is probing Rivera's alleged misuse of state taxpayer money funneled to her crony - packed Bronx Council for Economic Development.

Brian Griffin, the Garden City lawyer who represented Ippolito, said that «any indictment that charges Mr. Ippolito, who is deceased, is not only legally moot, unfair and malicious, but also a gross misuse of taxpayer time and money.»

Labour's flagship academies scheme is in disarray after a leading backer was forced to resign over the misuse of taxpayers» money.

There's the ongoing special - counsel investigation into whether the Trump campaign aided a Russian campaign to aid Trump's candidacy and defeat his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton; there's the associated inquiry into whether the president obstructed justice when he fired former FBI Director James Comey, whom he had asked not to investigate his former national - security adviser; there are the president's hush - money payments to women with whom he allegedly had extramarital affairs, made through his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, and facilitated by corporate cash paid to influence the White House; there is his ongoing effort to interfere with the Russia inquiry and politicize federal law enforcement; there are the foreign governments that seem to be utilizing the president's properties as vehicles for influencing administration policy; there's the emerging evidence that Trump campaign officials sought aid not only from Russia, but from other foreign countries, which may have affected Trump's foreign policy; there are the ongoing revelations of the president's Cabinet officials» misusing taxpayer funds; there is the accumulating evidence that administration decisions are made at the behest of private industry, in particular those in which Republican donors have significant interests.

«A decade after scandal, Ray Sansom plots comeback» via Steve Bousquet of the Tampa Bay Times — It has been nearly a decade since former Florida House Speaker Sansom resigned amid allegations that he misused his office to steer tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer money to a friend and a local college.

According to Integrity in Education, $ 100 million (ballooning in the past year to $ 200 million) in taxpayer money was lost, misused, or wasted in just 15 of the 42 states that have charter schools.

We talk about transparency in public programs and we spend a lot of time talking about fraud and abuse and misuse of taxpayers» money in a number of other programs.

Is this a disruptive fishing expedition or a vital quest to inform taxpayers of possible misuses of their money?