Cash Cows

They literally made out like bandits:

David Walker, a former comptroller general of the United States, told Business Insider he could not conclusively say if the expenses were fraudulent, leaving that decision to the courts. However, with the pandemic long gone, it is unlikely that the grants will audited. Besides artists, fraudsters, politicians, and their spouses, including Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul, also allegedly benefitted from the COVID-19 grants. About $400 billion of taxpayers’ money was lost, including over $200 billion paid for fraudulent claims, while $123 billion was either lost or misappropriated, making the relief program one of the biggest scams in American history.

It was a good one while they had it...