Tag: election

..https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54692802

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.3…………> COVID19 Crook Nailed: DOJ

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A Washington man was charged in a criminal complaint unsealed today for fraudulently seeking over $1.1 million in COVID-19 relief guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) through the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington, Inspector General J. Russell George of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, Inspector General Gail S. Ennis of the Social Security Administration, Inspector General Hannibal “Mike” Ware of the SBA, and Special Agent in Charge Cardell Morant of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigation, made the announcement.
Austin Hsu, 46, of Issaquah, Washington, was charged by criminal complaint, unsealed today after his initial appearance, in the Western District of Washington with one count of wire fraud. He made his initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Brian A. Tsuchida.
The complaint alleges that Hsu submitted nine fraudulent disaster loan applications on behalf of five different companies. Hsu, who is the owner and CEO of a company named Blackrock Services P.S. doing business as “Back 2 Health Bellevue” (Back 2 Health), received EIDL and PPP funds for Back 2 Health, and then used the names of Back 2 Health’s current and former employees to apply for additional PPP loans under the names of other companies that he owned and controlled. The complaint also alleges that, in support of the fraudulent PPP loan applications, Hsu submitted fake federal tax filings.

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https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/washington-man-charged-covid-relief-fraud
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4…………> Fake News On The Grill: Heat From Both Sides?

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The Google, Facebook and Twitter bigshots are being grilled by senators over how they handle comments posted by their users, as all three “completely impartial” tech giants have been attacked by both sides during  the bloody presidential election campaign, with official numbers early voting in the election are 70 million, more than half of the total turnout in 2016.
Experts suggest that many early ballots of those casting today are in Arizona – a battleground state where polls suggest Biden has the edge, as Biden will give a speech near his home in Delaware on his plans to combat Covid-19 and protect Americans with pre-existing health conditions.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/live/election-us-2020-54713832

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5…………> The Election Red Miracle Worries: Are We So Close?

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The vote-counters who run American elections have a special prayer, according to Professor Nate Persily, Co-Director of the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project:
“Oh God, whatever happens, please don’t let it be close,” Persily said.

“We will know which world we live in. Do we live in a world where there’s a clear victor or is it one where there’s going to be a lot of contestation over absentee ballots?”
He said many states will likely return clear results on election night.
They are:

Florida

North Carolina

Texas

Maine

New Hampshire

Lots of non-battleground states
“Based on the results in those states, we will have a good sense of how President Trump is doing this year as compared to four years ago,” Persily said.
Basically, while we might not know who won, within a few hours there will be enough information for experts to tell us if this is a good night or a bad for Donald Trump or Joe Biden.

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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-28/when-will-we-know-the-2020-us-election-result/12812538