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EXCLUSIVE: In its final days, the Biden administration awarded $50 million to an obscure nonprofit whose leader has a history of self-dealing and financial mismanagement, documents show. Now, the Trump administration has launched an investigation and not yet disbursed the funding, officials shared w/ me.🧵
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The $50M grant — from the Department of Energy — was approved on Jan. 13 for the Tribal Energy Consortium. It is a 501(c)(3) charity on Indian tribal land focused on energy and mineral development.
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IRS records show the charity’s leader is Roger Fragua, a former Enron Corporation manager and consultant who wears different hats.
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Fragua is also the founder and executive director of the Flower Hill Institute, a charity on tribal land that, in fact, shares a mailing address with the $50 million awardee and Fragua’s LLC, Cota Holdings.
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Here’s why that’s notable: Fragua’s other charity, also a federal grantee, was found through an independent third-party audit to lack internal controls and violate federal rules. Among other issues, it did not test to see if other contractors could fulfill its needs other than a trio of companies tied to its board members — including Cota Holdings.
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Fragua’s Cota Holdings raked in hundreds of thousands from his charity, while it also overbilled the Department of Agriculture for reimbursements, the audit documents say.
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The USDA told me it later received a corrective actions plan from Fragua’s group to address its issues, though tax experts still said these are red flags for the Trump administration to critically investigate before potentially handing the $50M to Fragua’s Tribal Energy Consortium.
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Read more here @dcexaminer https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/3311236/in-final-days-biden-awarded-50-million-to-self-dealing-charity-leader/
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EXCLUSIVE: Tim Walz—in footage unearthed by @dcexaminer—called Hitler-promoting imam Asad Zaman a “master teacher” who offered Walz lessons over the time they “spent together" The footage further contradicts the Harris campaign’s claim Walz has no personal relationship w/ Zaman
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STORY: Tim Walz called Hitler-promoting cleric a 'master teacher' at Islamic center event https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/3118707/walz-called-hitler-promoting-cleric-master-teacher/
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Biden’s top prosecutor Matthew Graves, who led the J6 probe in DC, not long ago was a lawyer for Hamas-linked Qatar and Lebanese banks accused of funding terrorism https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2797194/top-biden-doj-prosecutor-represented-qatar-foreign-banks/
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A NEW @dcexaminer analysis of federal documents reveals the Tides Center — a massive left-wing dark money group financing recent pro-Hamas protests — has been routed over $81 million in taxpayer-backed contracts/grants since 2006. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/democratic-dark-money-giant-anti-israel-activism-millions