GAO struggles to identify how 20% of federal grants for 2020 voting were spent
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A federal audit found problems with 20% of Election Assistance Commission grants to aid states with 2020 voting amid a pandemic.
House Republicans first flagged concerns about the election grants in September 2020 regarding an expenditure in California. The GAO's findings validate concerns that the problems run deeper than one state, said Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., the ranking member of the House Oversight and Reform Committee.
"The potential for abuse is very high," Comer told Fox News. "The EAC is supposed to be a watchdog, but it turns out it has been a bad actor, spending large sums of money with little transparency."
More than 100 former Illinois youth inmates sue state over alleged sexual abuse in detention centers
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