Posted on 07/31/2024 7:51:19 AM PDT by Twotone
As district attorney for San Francisco, Kamala Harris misappropriated over $5 million in federal grants that were intended to combat border crimes, according to a 2010 Department of Justice audit.
Records show that Harris, while serving as chief prosecutor of the sanctuary city from 2004 to 2011, requested millions of dollars from the Department of Justice’s Southwest Border Prosecution Initiative. The program reimburses local prosecutors for handling "illegal immigration and drug and alien smuggling cases" referred to them by federal authorities.
But a DOJ inspector general audit report found that none of the cases that Harris’s office filed for reimbursement were eligible under the program. The city was forced to pay back the improper funding claims.
The report suggests that Harris has struggled to manage border crime issues dating back to the early days of her political career.
Harris, who serves as the point person for Biden’s migrant policies as vice president, has faced criticism from Republicans for failing to slow the surge in illegal immigration and border crime.
"I think she’s been consistent throughout her political career, whether she was D.A., a California attorney general, a senator," said Ira Mehlman, media director for the Federation for American Immigration Reform. "Her entire record was about not enforcing immigration laws, [and] making sure that the people who violate those laws are not prosecuted or removed in any way."
Jon Feere, a former Immigrations and Customs Enforcement official and investigator at the Center for Immigration Studies, said there has "not been any initiative by Kamala Harris, the border czar, to discourage illegal immigration or stop the fallout from open borders, going back to her time as district attorney."
"She doesn’t see a problem with victimization, and thinks that the policies are more important than any harm to American citizens," he said.
As district attorney, Harris championed San Francisco’s status as a "sanctuary city, a city of refuge," and vowed not to prosecute immigration offenses. But her office still raked in over $5 million in unlawful reimbursements from the federal program intended to address migrant-related crimes.
DOJ auditors said they noticed a "red flag" after Harris’s office requested significantly more reimbursements in 2006 from the program than any other local prosecutor in the United States, "despite being located about 500 miles north of the Southwest Border," according to a 2010 report issued by the DOJ inspector general.
Harris’s office claimed the money was repayment for handling illegal immigrant-linked drug cases that the U.S. Attorney’s office had referred to her agency for prosecution. But the inspector general investigation determined that none of the cases were eligible and they had not been referred to Harris by federal prosecutors.
"[A]ll of the cases for which San Francisco had received SWBPI funds were ineligible for reimbursement," said the audit, which blamed Harris’s staff and an outside contractor hired by her office for the failure. The contractor also worked for other California prosecutors who had filed ineligible claims, although those reimbursements were significantly lower than the amounts requested by Harris’s office.
The investigation found that Harris’s office, instead of submitting individual cases for reimbursement, had "submitted approximately 30 percent of its drug cases" for the funding, even though the "cases were not federally initiated."
The DOJ inspector general referred the results of the audit to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California. No criminal action appears to have been taken against Harris’s office or the contractor she hired.
The funding mishap wasn’t the only mark on Harris’s immigration record while serving as DA. She was also criticized for her "Back on Track" program, which provided job training in lieu of prison time to convicted felons—including those who were in the United States illegally. One "Back on Track" participant, Alexander Izaguirre, robbed and brutally assaulted a woman while in the program in 2009.
Harris and San Francisco’s sanctuary city policies also came under fire in 2008, after illegal immigrant Edwin Ramos gunned down a 49-year-old father and two sons in a road rage murder.
Ramos had previously been arrested for a gang assault and attempted robbery. He had been released by local authorities without being turned over to federal authorities for deportation.
Judge Joe Brown RIPS KAMALA! https://youtu.be/xmcqcbC16OU
What idiot sent money intended to combat border crimes to a sanctuary city?
Trump needs to put about 10,000 people in prison for political and financial crimes.
Trump has so much ammunition with which to blast her on immigration. (is that a bad metaphor?)
The blame game continues apace: "...[the audit] blamed Harris’s staff and an outside contractor hired by her office for the failure"
"Yeah, it was my staff and those lousy contractors. I knew nothing about it." said Harris.
she’s not in control/in charge of her staff and no oversight of contractors hired, but she is running to be in charge of the country?
she can’t even manage her self it seems.
Great point. A city administrator who cannot control her staff wants to control the country.
But it’s a BS excuse. She no doubt knew EXACTLY what was going on and how she was screwing the feds. Even more likely — she concocted the entire scheme.
Contrast that to Trump who built and ran highly profitable enterprises in the private sector without that gross incompetence and corruption.
Trump needs to stick to the policy issues and not name calling. It will help him with female voters.
Huh…..
A member of The Democrat Party Organized Crime Syndicate misappropriating money.
That’s what they do.
Anyone who still supports the Democrats has a criminal heart, mind and soul.
Anyone.
She is extremely weak on the border and corrupt. You would ignore those issues?
Name calling is bad, but I didn’t say anything about that.
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How Kamala Harris helped a California man become the nation’s first undocumented lawyer
Lexington Herald Leader ^ | 7/31/24 | Matthew Miranda
Posted on 7/31/2024, 11:38:35 AM by DallasBiff
For most of his life, Sergio Covarrubias Garcia tried his best to avoid interactions with law enforcement. As a 17–year–old, Garcia prayed police wouldn’t stop the Chevy truck used to smuggle him and other undocumented men across the border. His nerves only continued.
Garcia longed for officers to look away each time he drove to work or school. Despite his efforts, Garcia attracted the attention of California’s top law enforcement officer — then-Attorney General and now-presidential candidate Kamala Harris — in 2012.
At the time, Garcia was enduring a years-long and publicized struggle to become the first licensed undocumented attorney in the nation. To Garcia’s surprise, Harris came out in support. She went on to submit a written brief backing his legal case and even provided a lawyer from her office to argue for him in front of the state Supreme Court
(Excerpt) Read more at kentucky.com ...
Like Kerry and Dukakis, she is a “flip flopper”
Get your flip flops ready..
Ambitious Kamala Harris’ took on a politically connected lover
He gave her visibility, credibility, and no-show, high salary makework govt jobs
It got her where she is today as she climbed into politics’ promised land
NY Post ^ | 07/31/2024 | Isabel Vincent , Jennie Taer and Christopher Guly
Posted on 7/31/2024, 10:42:23 AM by ChicagoConservative27
As a young prosecutor, Kamala Harris was gifted a BMW and lavished with trips to Paris and the Oscars by a much older lover who also jumpstarted her meteoric rise in California politics, according to reports.
The current vice president famously had a relationship with Democratic Party kingmaker Willie Brown in 1994 when she was 29 and he was 60, and when he was serving as speaker of the California Assembly.
“Over the course of the relationship, Brown gave Harris a BMW, she traveled with him to Paris, attended the Academy Awards,” and he even took her on a business trip to Boston where he was meeting Donald Trump, according to the 2021 book “Kamala’s Way: An American Life” by journalist Dean Morain.
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What Is Kamala Harris’ Net Worth?
Harris’ wealth comes from politics, book royalties, and investments
Harris has two govt pensions, to date, worth about a million dollars
By HIRANMAYI SRINIVASAN, July 30, 2024
Kamala Harris and her husband, lawyer Doug Emhoff, have an estimated net worth of about $8 million, according to Forbes.
As vice president, Harris receives $235,100 per year.
Harris’ wealth comes from her years in politics, books she’s written, and investments.
From her start as district attorney in San Francisco to the White House, Harris has had a long history in politics. In 2021, she became the first woman, and first Black American and South Asian American to be elected vice president. She has also served as California’s attorney general and a Senate.
Harris and her husband, lawyer Doug Emhoff, have an estimated net worth of about $8 million, according to Forbes.
Harris’ wealth comes from her years in politics, the books she’s written, and investments she shares with Emhoff. Here’s how Harris made her millions.
Harris was San Francisco’s district attorney from 2004 to 2010, where she made about $200,000 a year at the end of her tenure, according to Forbes. In 2010, Harris became California’s attorney general, which paid $159,000 a year.
Harris has two pensions worth a little under $1 million from her years in local and state office in California, according to Forbes.
In 2016, Harris was elected to the Senate, with a salary of $174,000 a year. As vice president, Harris receives $235,100 per year.
Harris has also earned over $500,000 in royalties from books she has written, including “Smart on Crime,” “Superheroes Are Everywhere,” and her memoir, “The Truths We Hold.”
Investments-—Harris and her husband Emhoff have between $2.9 million and $6.6 million in retirement accounts, other investments, and cash, according to Barron’s analysis of Harris’ 2024 financial disclosure.
Harris’ disclosure also shows that the couple has a family trust called The KDH/DCE Family Trust. However, no other information was disclosed about the trust in the document.
Harris and Emhoff own a home together in Los Angeles worth some $4.4 million, Forbes said. Harris has bought and sold several properties over the years in California and D.C.
Source investopedia.com
That was really interesting. And it’s been shared.
Trump/RNC needs to shine light on this 24/7. Bake it into the other dozen Harris illegal / unprincipled activities bullet points.
Blamed Harris’s staff and an **outside contractor hired** by
her office for the failure.
** ** = Loop the money Gig
Always blame the staff it’s been going on for years and little or no money is recovered.
Democrats mum seen nothing
Most likely a rhetorical question - but obviously, a willing useful idiot who has no concern at all about ultimately appearing as an idiot.
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