Billions In Taxpayer Money ‘Virtually Untraceable’ Under Trump

NOTUS did a deep dive into the Trump administration’s likely illegal grab of funds allocated by Congress.

Across federal agencies, the Trump administration’s aggressive slash-and-burn approach to federal programs , grants and contracts has repeatedly challenged Congress’ power of the purse. The administration has claimed it has the discretion to redirect funds to programs aligned with Trump’s agenda — and Republican congressional leaders have largely let them do it.

The outcome: Billions in taxpayer dollars have become virtually untraceable — a level of opaqueness in government funds that’s raising questions around the legality of the administration’s actions. Some of these taxpayer funds expire on Sept. 30 . If they’re not spent by then, like all funds Congress appropriated specif