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Speaker 1: Massive fraud found in California, and many, including Donald Trump,

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Speaker 1: are warning that it may be bigger than what we

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Speaker 1: found in Minnesota. Millions of your tax dollars were defrauded,

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Speaker 1: in fact, by just one man. The money was meant

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Speaker 1: Fox News talked about this one individual the defrauded Americans

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Speaker 1: of more than twenty three million dollars. I'll stay it again.

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Speaker 1: This is just one person. Listen to report from Fox News.

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Speaker 2: Agent's moving in today, busting a man accused of stealing

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Speaker 2: tens of millions of dollars meant for the homeless and

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Speaker 2: spending that cash on a lavish lifestyle. Of course, bonding

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Speaker 2: Matt finn Is live in Los Angeles for you, and

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Speaker 2: you know, folks were warned about this and lo and

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Speaker 2: behold here it is.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, this is it. Behind me, John.

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Speaker 4: The Feds say this man was contracted with the city

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Speaker 4: and County of Los Angeles to housing feed up to

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Speaker 4: six hundred homeless people, but instead he was misusing tens

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Speaker 4: of millions of.

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Speaker 3: Dollars to live a luxurious life.

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Speaker 4: Exclusive Fox video shows the fed's early morning bust here

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Speaker 4: at the La Mansion forty two year old Alexander.

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Speaker 3: Suker was arrested.

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Speaker 4: Suker's one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars land rover

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Speaker 4: was also seized by law enforcement. The FED say Suker

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Speaker 4: defrauded the city and County of La out of twenty

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Speaker 4: three million in taxpayer dollars for not only his mansion

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Speaker 5: He was living the high life while the people suffering

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Speaker 5: homelessly on the streets with no shelter, no food. They're

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Speaker 5: living out in the streets. People are literally dying, and

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Speaker 5: this guy is out vacationing, buying homes, buying range rovers,

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Speaker 4: Prosecutor say Suker was supposed to provide three nutritional meals

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Speaker 4: a day to the home, but during one inspection, Suker

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Speaker 4: only had canned beans and ramen noodles on hand. The

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Speaker 4: FED say lucre lied about various aspects of abundant blessings,

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Speaker 4: including fake vendors, facilities, and the homest actually getting meals.

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Speaker 4: The US Attorney's Office in La says they are actively

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Speaker 4: investigating at least twelve other similar fraud cases here in California.

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Speaker 4: First Assistant US Attorney Bill as Sale says there's a

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Speaker 4: tremendous amount of fraud in this state and that today's

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Speaker 4: bus of one man who misused twenty three million dollars

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Speaker 4: alone may show how little oversight there is.

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Speaker 5: California was pushing this money out quickly. A lot of

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Speaker 5: money went out the door with frankly, very little vetting,

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Speaker 5: very little checks and balances, and he's one of the

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Speaker 4: The suspect is scheduled to make his first appearance later today.

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Speaker 4: He faces up to twenty years if convicted on a

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Speaker 4: federal case. The local district attorney is also planning on

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Speaker 4: prosecuting John.

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Speaker 1: Now this is just the tip of the iceberg. In fact,

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Speaker 1: we now have the same man, Nick Shirley, who did

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Speaker 1: the incredible job of discovering massive fraud in Minneapolis and

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Speaker 1: Bonus right, now all, right take a listen to What

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Speaker 1: Nick shirley said about arriving In. California and what he says, is,

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Speaker 1: well incredible amounts of fraud that may be much bigger

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Speaker 3: Minnesota, oh there's massive fraud In.

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Speaker 6: CALIFORNIA i, mean the homelessness is just increased as they

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Speaker 6: receive more. Money that's just one part of. It like

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Speaker 6: you talked about the light rail and everything like, that

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Speaker 6: that the fraud is crazy In california and they have

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Speaker 7: Taxes, yeah they want, More.

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Speaker 8: Nick because anybody approached you about this, THING i tweeted

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Speaker 8: these guys educated me on it CALLED qui, ten which

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Speaker 8: is this framework where you can actually sue on behalf

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Speaker 8: of the state and on behalf of. Taxpayers has anybody

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Speaker 8: approached you about thinking about using all of the information

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Speaker 8: that you've garnered to try to launch some of these

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Speaker 6: No, YEAH i actually have somebody to reach out to

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Speaker 6: me the other day about. It So i'm gonna actually

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Speaker 7: Yeah, also AS i understand that some of these whistleblower

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Speaker 7: laws reward the whistleblower with something like twenty to thirty

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Speaker 7: percent of amounts in some. Cases, yeah that ARE i

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Speaker 7: don't know if it's like fines or it's amounts that

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Speaker 7: are recaptured, recaptured BUT i don't.

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Speaker 6: Know.

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Speaker 7: Nick you can become a billionaire here just all the

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Speaker 7: buildings you've.

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Speaker 3: EXPOSED i gotta sit down and figured it.

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Speaker 7: OUT i know that's not why you're in, it but

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Speaker 7: you'd be the most well loved billionaire In america if

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Speaker 7: you did absolutely.

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Speaker 9: Well the way to do, it you, know since you're

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Speaker 9: drafting off of these other news, reports is to set

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Speaker 9: up your own tip. Line, So, nick what's your website

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Speaker 9: or do you have a website where people can? Donate

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Speaker 9: and do you have a tip, line because you wouldn't

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Speaker 9: get The Whistleblow awards for the Stuff fox nine has

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Speaker 9: been doing for a, decade but for the next one you.

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Speaker 9: Could so what is your website where people can?

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Speaker 6: Donate? Nick? Yeah everything just on social, media so if

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Speaker 6: they can message me on any, PLATFORM i should probably

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Speaker 9: Going, So, nick what's your social media handle where people

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Speaker 9: CAN dm you and?

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Speaker 3: Donate, yeah it's Just Nick.

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Speaker 6: Shirley and if you go ON, X i do have

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Speaker 6: my tip section, open so if you would like to donate,

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Speaker 6: there that gives them all the whether it be, venmo, cash, app,

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Speaker 3: There SO x.

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Speaker 1: Doc by the, WAY i love that this guy is

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Speaker 1: doing this on his, own like he's just, like, yeah

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Speaker 1: going to be out of here exposing all this, waste

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Speaker 1: fraud and, Abuse Like that's What i'm doing with my life.

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Speaker 1: Now i'm not afraid Like Nick shirley was In. Sandy

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Speaker 1: he now estimates billions of dollars in fraud Under Gab newsom's.

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Speaker 3: Leaderships and they want more.

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Speaker 1: Money they want to raise taxes even higher than they

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Speaker 1: are right. Now there's Also Benny johnson who says his

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Speaker 1: team is traveling to the fraud capital of the.

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Speaker 3: World he's now saying It's.

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Speaker 1: California they say the fraud uncovered In minnesota was very

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Speaker 1: bad and led to the destruction Of Tim waltz's, career

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Speaker 1: But Gavin Newsom's california is far, worse saying The american

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Speaker 1: taxpayer needs first hand to understand how Criminal california's fraud

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Speaker 1: is robbing our nation. Blind he, said here's just a

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Speaker 1: glimpse of what we already. Know state auditor In california

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Speaker 1: found ready for this seventy. Billion think about that, number

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Speaker 1: seventy billion and taxpayer funds that have been lost like

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Speaker 1: they just, disappeared no accounting for them. Whatsoever twenty four

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Speaker 1: Programs that means someone stole twenty four billion dollars eighteen

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Speaker 1: billion poured into non existent high speed. Rail you Heard

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Speaker 1: nick talk about that a second. Ago thirty two billion

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Speaker 1: FOR covid relief funds that have been stolen two point

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Speaker 1: five billion ready for this word lost to snap. Fraud

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Speaker 1: being exposed right. Now this is all happening In. California

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Speaker 1: it's truly. Incredible But california is the fraud capital Of,

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Speaker 1: america and the taxpayer fund and nonprofits there are in

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Speaker 1: bezzling our money by the, billions and the governor is

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Speaker 1: allowing it to. Happen President, trump yet again keeping it

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Speaker 1: sweet and simple at The White house today in The Oval,

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Speaker 3: The president had this to say to the. Press we have.

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Speaker 10: Ships heading to a run right, now big, ones the

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Speaker 11: Best and do we have talks going on WITH i.

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Speaker 11: Run we'll see it all works.

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Speaker 3: Out, well see how it all works?

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Speaker 1: Out now this comes just days after The president had

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Speaker 1: Right The president was referencing a rand supreme leader warning

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Speaker 1: THE Us Special envoyd and The Iranian Foreign minister are

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Speaker 1: Now if it, occurs the meeting would be the first

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Speaker 1: last year and a twelve day conflict that broke out In.

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Speaker 1: up in The. Gulf President trump has argued that a

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Speaker 1: swift agreement is the only alternative to military confrontation With.

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Speaker 1: NOW us administration source said the meeting In turkey is

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Speaker 1: Escalation The trump administration is also hoping That iran will

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Speaker 1: A critical hearing will help decide the future Of america's

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Speaker 1: Also serious concerns about foreign money entering The american media,

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Speaker 1: ecosystem and then national security risks that come with. It

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Speaker 1: troubling some of these proposal and these takeovers are requiring

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Speaker 1: Important it's a vote For american, Workers american, creativity And american.

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Speaker 1: Strength and by the, Way Ronald reagan knew culture influence

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Speaker 1: was national security and power, that my friends hasn't. Changed

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Speaker 1: so i'd encourage you call your, senator tell them what you.

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Speaker 1: you again.

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Speaker 3: Tomorrow