The probe will investigate whether or not Florida used funds earmarked for COVID-19 aid to pay for fly migrants from Texas to Massachusetts last month.
from Richard Delmar, the Deputy Inspector General of the Treasury Department.
“We plan to get this work underway as soon as possible, consistent with meeting our other oversight mandates and priorities,” he added. to the Inspector General on Sept. 16, Markey alleged that Florida used federal funds intended to help communities recover from COVID-19 to transport the migrants, most of whom were from Venezuela. The letter also asked the Inspector General to rescind any misused funds from the state as well.
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