Regardless, the announcement pleases me so.
Posted on 03/14/2025 2:47:37 AM PDT by EBH
House lawmakers on Tuesday voted to pass a measure which would help the federal government recover billions of dollars lost to fraudsters during the pandemic.
The Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act would extend the statute of limitations on pandemic-era fraud cases to 10 years. The extension would provide critical time to investigate and prosecute fraudsters, ensuring those who defrauded the government of federal relief funds can still be prosecuted.
Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C., who supported the bill, said the measure brings accountability to those the federal government.
“The American people deserve accountability,” he wrote. “In the rush to respond to the pandemic, Washington’s reckless spending created an open season for fraud, and criminals lined up to cash in.”
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That’ll work!
hopefully people learn what a purchased democrat vote is truly worth...
If New York can change the statute of limitations to get Trump, then it’s ok for Trump to sign a similar law to get their real fraud.
START CLAWING!!
The law will be challenged as Ex Post Facto, which the SCOTUS has already ruled on. What can happen is a Judge can consider the most egregious cases and extend the SOL. While I am all for tracking this down, the law itself has to be Constitutional.
In this case, I am not sure it actually is?
The U.S. Supreme Court opined in Stogner v. California in 2003 that a change of a statute of limitations cannot be retroactively applied to crimes which were committed prior to the law’s change. The Court held that retroactive application would violate the constitutional ban on ex post facto laws.Aug 27, 2018
If the law extending the SOL period is passed before the SOL expires, I think it is legal. If the law reinstitutes the expired period, it would be illegal.
Correct. They have until March 23rd to get this done. What is that...9 days?
Sorry...correct date is March 27
Regardless, the announcement pleases me so.
If the law extending the SOL period is passed before the SOL expires, it is apparently legal.
If the law reinstitutes the expired period, it would be illegal.
They have until March 27 to get this done.
Lemme guess, no Rats voted in favor.
60 votes in the senate hopefully happens.
I wonder what they do about sexual molester laws that retroactively removed all statutes of limitations.
“It happened 50 years ago your honor. The perpetrator is dead but I’m suing the organization he belonged to for $50,000,000.”
Excellent—they will probably recover enough to pay all Congressional salaries for the next century.
HOW MUCH DID NEWSOM SEND TO CHINA FOR MASKS????
WHERE ARE THEY???
GOOD WORK
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