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EXCLUSIVE: Trump admin takes action after massive fraud uncovered at agency Dems tried to protect from DOGE (USAID)
Fox News ^ | 6/27/25 | Peter Pinedo, Andrew Mark Miller

Posted on 06/29/2025 2:59:19 AM PDT by Libloather

Following the uncovering of a massive bribery scandal at USAID, the Small Business Administration (SBA) is ordering a full audit of all government contracting officers who have exercised grant-awarding authority under the agency’s business development program over the last 15 years.

**SNIP**

Despite claims of how much good the agency was doing, it was recently discovered that an influential contracting officer at USAID named Roderick Watson was able to carry out a massive, long-term bribery scheme dating all the way back to 2013.

Watson, 57, pleaded guilty to "bribery of a public official," according to a DOJ press release.

According to the DOJ, Watson sold his influence starting in 2013, with contractors Walter Barnes, owner of Vistant, and Darryl Britt, owner of Apprio, funneling payoffs through subcontractor Paul Young to hide their tracks.

A DOJ press release said that Britt and Barnes "regularly funneled bribes to Watson, including cash, laptops, thousands of dollars in tickets to a suite at an NBA game, a country club wedding, downpayments on two residential mortgages, cellular phones, and jobs for relatives. The bribes were also often concealed through electronic bank transfers falsely listing Watson on payroll, incorporated shell companies, and false invoices."

The statement said that Watson is alleged to have received bribes "valued at more than approximately $1 million as part of the scheme."

Vistant was awarded in November 2023, as part of a joint venture, a contract worth up to $800 million with one of the focuses of that contract being to address "a variety of issues affecting the root causes of irregular migration from Central America to the United States," an issue that President Joe Biden tasked then-Vice President Kamala Harris with during his presidency.

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KEYWORDS: democrats; doge; fraud; freerepublicracists; frhatesblacks; frhypocrites; immigration; roderickwatson; southamerica; usaid; whiteshitdontstink

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Horizontal, the border czarina, said lack of 'climate adaptation and climate resilience' were part of the root causes for the migrant crisis. All inclusive in the big scam.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/harris-climate-adaptation-resilience-root-causes-migrant-crisis

1 posted on 06/29/2025 2:59:19 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

EXCELLENT

THANK YOU. Appreciate your post


2 posted on 06/29/2025 3:07:42 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com (Please pray for God 's intervention to stop Putin's invasion of Ukraine 🇺🇸)
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Prison for them all.
3 posted on 06/29/2025 3:10:32 AM PDT by RandallFlagg (Democrats should have been barred from elections since The Battle Of Athens.)
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To: RandallFlagg
"Prison for them all."

You get a Rico
and you get a Rico
and you get a Rico!

4 posted on 06/29/2025 3:17:37 AM PDT by Enterprise ( These people have no honor, no belief, no poetry, no art, no humor, no patriotism.)
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To: Libloather

Hopefully this will ensnare a bunch of Democrats.


5 posted on 06/29/2025 3:19:35 AM PDT by Enterprise ( These people have no honor, no belief, no poetry, no art, no humor, no patriotism.)
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To: RandallFlagg

It’s a 3 fer today Yogi!!


6 posted on 06/29/2025 3:20:40 AM PDT by albie
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To: Libloather

bttt


7 posted on 06/29/2025 3:22:07 AM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: RandallFlagg

Is Booboo going to be surprised here?


8 posted on 06/29/2025 3:25:24 AM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: RandallFlagg

OMG!! The CRIMINALS ARE BLACK!!! I AM SHOCKED!


9 posted on 06/29/2025 3:26:55 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Libloather

Democrat corruption is a redundancy.


10 posted on 06/29/2025 3:28:27 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Libloather
This is likely the tip of the iceberg. Will anyone be surprised if millions even billions were siphoned of by dirty dems fleecing the govt. we paid for. The bigger question of course: is the reign of the commie dems now ending?
11 posted on 06/29/2025 3:38:22 AM PDT by rodguy911 (Home of the Free Because of the Brave!! ITS ALL A CONSPIRACY:UNTIL ITS NOT!!)
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To: Libloather

Dems never seem to want to fix a problem. They prefer to study “ root causes”. Those studies cost the taxpayers millions and mostly accomplish nothing.


12 posted on 06/29/2025 3:40:23 AM PDT by Freee-dame
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To: Libloather

COVFEFE, COVFAFO


13 posted on 06/29/2025 3:54:14 AM PDT by VRW Conspirator ( Now open: DOW - Department of Winning)
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To: VRW Conspirator

😂


14 posted on 06/29/2025 4:28:22 AM PDT by blitz128
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To: RandallFlagg

Yogi?


15 posted on 06/29/2025 4:29:49 AM PDT by silverleaf (“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
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To: VRW Conspirator
VRW Conspirator:
"COVFEFE,
COVFAFO"
Good one !

16 posted on 06/29/2025 4:32:57 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: albie
"It’s a 3 fer today Yogi!!"

Um, reparations?

/sarc

17 posted on 06/29/2025 4:41:39 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: Libloather

I’ve tried to get SBA help for some friends. Reality is if you are not “connected,” the SBA is useless.


18 posted on 06/29/2025 4:54:55 AM PDT by piytar (Remember Ashli Babbitt, Rosanne Boyland, and Corey Comperatore!)
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To: Libloather

Can anyone explain why the Mayorkas abomination is not in shackles somewhere in prison? Is his name too sacred to report on?


19 posted on 06/29/2025 5:06:07 AM PDT by epluribus_2 (!)
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To: VRW Conspirator

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Stealing that 😂


20 posted on 06/29/2025 5:10:42 AM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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