F.B.I. Agents Raid South Bend Housing Authority Offices

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Source: New York Times

F.B.I. agents raided the offices of the Housing Authority of South Bend, Ind., on Wednesday, the second potential distraction back home for the presidential campaign of the city’s mayor, Pete Buttigieg.

No one was arrested during the raid, in which evidence collection teams visited the housing authority’s headquarters on Alonzo Watson Drive about 1 p.m. with a police officer and United States government trucks.

The agency, which runs nine low-income housing facilities in South Bend and is financed by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, has been beleaguered by complaints of financial mismanagement for much of the decade.

Such concerns prompted Mr. Buttigieg to replace all six commissioners on the housing authority’s board in 2015.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/us/fbi-south-bend-housing-authority-buttigieg.html?action=click&module=Latest&pgtype=Homepage

[True Blue American]

1. Barr in charge?

[hlthe2b]

2. ding ding ding

[Botany]

6. Why does this not pass my smell test?

n/t

[safeinOhio]

3. When will they raid

Kushner's offices in Baltimore?

[True Blue American]

4. When Trump and Barr are gone.

[irisblue]

5. South Bend Tribune Article

Source-https://www.southbendtribune.com/news/publicsafety/south-bend-housing-authority-offices-closed-as-fbi-agents-appear/article_c40a590b-04cd-5288-bc62-002299ee8f87.html


Snip-"The findings led the government to classify the housing authority as “troubled,” and in early 2015 South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg replaced the entire board. The mayor appoints the board of the housing authority, which is funded through federal dollars, and that board of commissioners oversees the agency’s executive director and staff.

More recently, an audit of the housing authority for the years 2016 and 2017 found “inadequate controls” over financial reporting and mismanagement of its tenant waiting list, and that the agency improperly mixed streams of federal money and had documents missing from tenant files.

In fall 2018, Buttigieg appeared at a meeting of the agency’s board and criticized the housing authority for financial problems, unaddressed safety issues and poor communication. Some board members said they were disappointed the mayor did not speak with them about his concerns before raising the issues publicly.

At the time, Robinson said the agency was “working hard to correct our deficiencies” and had already made improvements since the 2016-2017 audit. In 2017, the federal government upgraded the housing authority from “troubled” status to “substandard.”


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[Sane Floridian]

7. Nixon used the IRS

and Donny Treason is much worse than Nixon.

[Omaha Steve]

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