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#new Fast Fact: Hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars sent to Ukraine were allegedly funneled back to the US through USAID to bankroll Joe Biden's 2024 re-election campaign, according to intelligence intercepts from late 2022#DC Those intercepts captured Ukrainian government officials talking about the plan to that would also fund the Democratic National Committee.The declassified summary states: #ukraine “The Ukrainian Government and unspecified U.S. Government personnel, through USAID in Kyiv, reportedly developed a plan that would provide hundreds of millions of US taxpayer dollars to fund an infrastructure project for Ukraine.That project would be used as a cover to send approximately 90% of funds allocated to the DNC to fund Joe Biden’s reelection campaign.”The scheme planned on using approved funding for the project that would later be cancelled. Once allocated, they knew it wouldn't be easy to claw the money back. Contracts routed through U.S. companies and two American subcontractors were structured to make spending and tracing difficult to verify. “In this manner, most of the U.S. funding would be diverted to Joe Biden’s election campaign without the ability to track where exactly the funds came from,” the summary says.Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, after learning of the intercepts, directed USAID to search its records to figure out of the plan was executed and whether a criminal referral to the FBI was warranted. No thorough investigation of these specific allegations happened during the Biden administration, according to officials who reviewed the files.Details: Funds (hundreds of millions) originated as U.S. taxpayer dollars appropriated for Ukraine assistance, a program that ballooned after Russia’s 2022 invasion.Planners allegedly used a clean energy infrastructure project as the cover vehicle.Roughly 90% of the diverted portion was intended for the DNC and Biden’s re-election effort.Subcontractors and layered U.S. company contracts were chosen specifically to hide the money trail.Also in 2022 House Republicans wrote to Secretary of State Antony Blinken questioning whether portions of the billions of US tax dollars sent to Ukraine had been invested in FTX.Founder Sam Bankman-Fried gave more than $100 million in political donation - mostly to Democrats - using funds stolen from FTX customers.Federal prosecutors charged and convicted Bankman-Fried of fraud; the indictment and trial evidence showed he misused customer deposits for donations and operations.The investigation into the funneled money is active as officials are still trying to figure out whether the money was actually moved. The US has given more than $100 billion in total tax dollars to Ukraine since 2022. #ChristinaAguayoNews