Iowa governor improperly used $450,000 in Covid funds for salaries, audit finds

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State audit report accuses Iowa Gov. Reynolds of using nearly $450,000 in federal coronavirus relief funds to pay salaries for 21 staff members for 3 months last year and concealing the spending.

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State Auditor Rob Sand said a review of the state’s payroll system shows the money was used to pay the Republican governor’s office staff, but it’s unclear why she had to take federal money to pay the salaries.

He wrote Reynolds’ office in October, telling her that paying staff salaries without proper documentation likely wouldn’t get federal approval but said they ignored his suggestion. Alex Murphy, a spokesman for Reynolds, said in a statement that the U.S. Treasury Department had allowed the use of coronavirus relief money to reimburse salaries for governors.

“CARES funding can be used for salaries. That’s very clear in what allowable allocations are,” she said.

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I believe that is called embezzlement. Why hasn't she been taken into custody?

What a gal!

Of course she misused funds. CovidKim

*checks notes* Republican. Of course.

She’s a Republican so by default she is corrupt.

Will anything be done? Doubt it.

Alabama’s Governor Ivy is spending $millions of Coronavirus funds on building new prisons. Meanwhile citizens who’ve lost jobs following being out for missing days due to being sick are lining up at food pantries.

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If Reynolds follows the Trump playbook she'll either arrange to cut the budget of the State Auditor or fire him altogether. It's the way they operate.

How very GOP of her.

As is tradition.

There's a pattern here.

Just like newsom paid his own company’s 3 million with covid reliefs last year and had only a few worker . Even got some of the first payments but I’m sure he totally didn’t have anything to do with that while some California’s still haven’t got paid out yet .

GOP = Going Over Pathetic

WOW!!!!

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That’s badly wrong.

Of course. Is anyone shocked? Iowa has the highest new HIV infection rate nationwide, the highest OD rate worst COVID-19 new infection and death rate. All since Reynolds took office. Her Governorship is one of genocide.

I am starting to think that being a Republican requires taking an oath to being corrupt.

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