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Hearing questions whether presidential pardons and inspector-general removals weakened fraud oversight
Summary
Members pressed witnesses on whether presidential pardons and the removal of inspectors general have undercut fraud prevention, citing testimony that IGs identified about $50 billion in savings last year and that roughly 19 inspectors general have been fired.
An unidentified representative opened a hearing by saying fraud is real and must be prosecuted, and accused Republican colleagues of "selective outrage" on the issue while highlighting actions by President Donald Trump that the speaker said have weakened federal fraud oversight.
"Fraud is real, fraud is wrong, and fraud should be prosecuted, period," the Unidentified Representative said, and added that Mr. Trump "has pardoned fraudster after fraudster" and removed officials whose job it was to find fraud.
The hearing included a line of questioning about…
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