Posted on 03/24/2021 7:58:28 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
As one of his first acts as president, Joe Biden stopped border wall construction and froze the billions Congress allocated for that purpose. Now, according to Politico, Biden is “under investigation” by the Government Accountability Office to “determine whether the new president broke the law by freezing the money in violation of budget rules designed to keep Congress in control of the cash flow.”
Biden under investigation for border wall cash freeze https://t.co/PRDDxXqTIS— POLITICO Pro (@POLITICOPro) March 23, 2021
In a letter to the GAO last week, dozens of Republican senators said that “operational control of our southern border was compromised and a humanitarian and national security crisis has ensued,” since Biden halted construction and froze the border wall funds. The senators called the actions a “blatant violation of federal law and infringe on Congress’s constitutional power of the purse,” arguing they violate the Impoundment Control Act.
House Republicans also wrote to the GAO as “co-requesters” of the Senate GOP’s letter, asking for an investigation and the office’s legal opinion on the matter.
While Politico notes that an “unfavorable ruling … would bolster Republicans in branding Biden as a rule-breaker as they blame him for the surge of migrants and unaccompanied children at the southern border,” it’s unlikely the president faces “any formal punishment.”
Despite Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas insisting the border is “secure,” Border Patrol cannot keep up with the influx of migrants. More than 11,000 unaccompanied minors were detained in just the first few weeks of March, the Dallas Convention Center is about to be turned into temporary housing for illegal immigrant teenagers, there are reportedly “inhumane conditions” at overcrowded detention facilities, and the agency is releasing asylum seekers without even scheduling a court date. It’s no wonder a majority of voters now want the border wall finished.
A GAO audit is like an IG investigation. Don’t get distracted by bright shiny objects made of tin foil.
Exactly. NASA might as well be launching Jao to Pluto.
Uh oh! Looks like Biden might have tripped up! BAHAHAHAHA! Get it? “tripped up”?? BAHAHAHAHA HA! HA. ha... Ahem. Sorry.
RE: A GAO audit is like an IG investigation. Don’t get distracted by bright shiny objects made of tin foil.
OK, what is the EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVE?
No GAO? No IG?
What then?
Didn’t we go through this on the Ukranian money? except it wasn’t stopped.
Right out of high school my brother did a short stint as a Fuller Brush supervisor. I spent a week working under his tutelage, selling door-to-door. One of the things I learned was that the upside of working poor neighborhoods was that you could sell anything in a shiny can.
Ask Atty.John Durham about the value of political “investigations”.
Once he’s done having a good hearty laugh, he might say the value is ‘inconclusive’ at best.
I was at the wall yesterday near Sasabe, AZ. One of the workers there told us that there was only a trickle of illegals during the Trump administration. That has turned into a torrent since Biden took over. Just yesterday there was a group of 110 illegals that crossed over where he is at and were apprehended by the border patrol. The Democrats have totally screwed this up and they did it on purpose. And that worker...he’s now relegated to security, keeping an eye on all the idle equipment at the border. We went to the western end of the wall in that area and looking over into Mexico you could the foot trails that illegals use to get to the border. As well as tons of trash on the Mexican side, where they gather and wait to cross.
I don’t know the alternative. But the investigators are wholly owned subsidiaries of the investigated. They create appearance of neutral unbiased investigations without the reality. GAO is a creature of the congressional committees, the IGs of the deparments and the administration that appoints the inspectors general.
kibuki.
What this investigation needs is a tough, no-nonsense, nonpartisan ex-Attorney General to get to the bottom of things. I think Kamala Harris is available...
Uh oh! Looks like Biden might have tripped up! BAHAHAHAHA! Get it? “tripped up”?? BAHAHAHAHA HA! HA. ha... Ahem. Sorry.
LOL! and a based screen name to boot. Funny Infidel.
Thanks. LMAO. Folks get it - a preemptive “investigation” to prove that “we” committed no wrongdoing.
I spent a couple of weeks of my youth doing that. Worst experience of my life.
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