Trump administration used virus relief money to buy jet parts and military uniforms

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By Josh Israel -September 22, 2020 11:48 AM
Congress originally approved the money for face masks and testing swabs.

The Trump administration reportedly siphoned hundreds of millions intended for pandemic medical supplies to pay for unrelated defense spending.

The Washington Post reported on Tuesday that the Defense Department took most of a $1 billion fund appropriated by Congress in March to help "prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus" and repurposed it. The bulk of the money went to defense contractors and bought items unrelated to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as parts for jet engines and military formalwear.

Bill Greenwalt, a former George W. Bush administration official, told the Post that the money "became an opportunity for the Department to take what is almost a windfall and use it to try and fill what are some very critical industrial base needs" that are "only tangentially related to COVID."

This included $22 million to Rolls-Royce for Naval shipbuilding, $75 million to GE Aviation, and $2 million to the American Woolen Company for Army dress uniforms.

Published with permission of The American Independent Foundation.

https://americanindependent.com/trump-administration-virus-relief-money-defense-department-military-spending-masks/

Impeach the F again...................