Charlotte Thato

ICYMI: Earlier this week the Justice Department announced the availability of $300 MILLION in funding to prevent and prosecute fraud and other crimes nationwide. Under the leadership of @POTUS, @VP, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, and Assistant Attorney General for the National Fraud Enforcement Division Colin McDonald, this Justice Department is cracking down on fraud and making America safe.

Today, the SBA referred 562,000 borrowers to @USTreasury for collection on $22.2 BILLION in potentially fraudulent pandemic-era loans, marking the LARGEST debt referral in SBA history. The action ends a yearslong de facto amnesty scheme by the Biden SBA, which refused to refer the portfolio to either Treasury or DOJ, even though the loans were both delinquent and internally flagged for suspected fraud. Under the protection of the Biden Administration, none of the borrowers were compelled to repay their debts and fewer than 1,000 faced any inquiry from law enforcement until today. This historic referral would not have been possible without the strong support of the White House Anti-Fraud Task Force. SBA is deeply grateful for the leadership of @VP, @AFergusonFTC, and the partnership of both Treasury and DOJ - which now has the files for review. At the SBA, we will continue working to claw back every dollar of PPP and COVID EIDL funding owed to American taxpayers. And we will work in lockstep with the Task Force to bring accountability to every criminal who defrauded America’s small businesses. foxbusiness.com/fox-news-polit…

🚨BREAKING: Hours after the @TheJusticeDept filed suit today, Colorado has agreed to delay enforcement of SB24-205 against *ALL* AI companies until later this year to give the state legislature time to repeal this unconstitutional law. A good day’s work, for a Friday!

NEW: Patty Murray called out for egregious lie claiming she’s never heard a Democrat call to defund ICE seattlered.com/seattle-red/ja…