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FACT CHECK: Ben Carson Didn’t Find HUD Errors
FACT CHECK ^ | 4/19/2017 | By D'Angelo Gore

Posted on 05/03/2017 7:45:18 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 05/03/2017 7:45:18 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Is this FAKE news?

I just don’t recall Ben Carson making any claim to uncovering HUD Fraud.


2 posted on 05/03/2017 7:48:15 AM PDT by plangent
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Oh, well in that case, I guess half a trillion dollars in waste ain’t so bad, huh?


3 posted on 05/03/2017 7:48:37 AM PDT by dware (If you think voting still works, you're part of the problem. The ballot box is broken.)
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RE: Actually, the errors were discovered during an annual audit started in 2016 by HUD’s Office of the Inspector General, which has been headed by David A. Montoya since December 2011.

1) The ERRORS EXISTED. That cannot be downplayed.

2) The title should have been this to be more accurate: “It was not Ben Carson who discovered HUD errors”

The headline if read by a careless reader, would give the impression that there were no HUD errors at all. There seems to be a sly attempt to downplay the severity of this accounting scandal.


4 posted on 05/03/2017 7:49:03 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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1) The ERRORS EXISTED. That cannot be downplayed.

2) The title should have been this to be more accurate: “It was not Ben Carson who discovered HUD errors”

The headline if read by a careless reader, would give the impression that there were no HUD errors at all. There seems to be a sly attempt to downplay the severity of this accounting scandal.


5 posted on 05/03/2017 7:49:32 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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I like Dr. Ben Carson. He should assist that agency in a steady and good way.

He will of course follow up on problems that happened before his arrival.


6 posted on 05/03/2017 7:49:53 AM PDT by YepYep (Build the America you want at your house and keep looking up.)
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“A truth that’s told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.”

William Blake


7 posted on 05/03/2017 7:50:20 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Yea, cause we all thought Dr. Carson was a forensic accountant in his spare time


8 posted on 05/03/2017 7:51:49 AM PDT by cyclotic
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Well if the ‘errors’ were found in 2011, why weren't they fixed then? Is it the same as ‘Freddie Max and Fannie Mae’ that money was used to help the ObamaCare from going broke? You need to as Barney Frank about that mess...

So the head of HUD was using monies from HUD to help fund ObamaCare you will probably find out...

OH, and don't try to ‘smear’ Dr. Ben Carson's name, what he will do with HUD will made a College Professor look like a First Grader!!!

9 posted on 05/03/2017 7:54:33 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ( "The Force Awakens!!!"...Trump and Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Fact Check: FactCheck.org is a joke.


10 posted on 05/03/2017 7:58:00 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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RE: Yea, cause we all thought Dr. Carson was a forensic accountant in his spare time

Joking aside, I take issue with the title of this fact Check piece: “Ben Carson Didn’t Find HUD Errors”

A quick glance by someone would give the FALSE impression that there were NO HUD ACCOUNTING ERRORS.

The article in fact tells us that it was NOT CARSON who found the errors.

OK, but so what? The SCANDAL STILL EXISTS!

We ought to audit every single Federal Government department ( let’s start with the IRS ) to find similar errors.

I bet you will find them in EVERY department.

Why are liberals so intent on down playing this?

Simple: THEY WANT MORE MONEY FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT and they are afraid that scandals like this will give good reason to SLASH the Federal budget ( which we should ).


11 posted on 05/03/2017 7:59:36 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Fact check my butt -

This report would not have been released if Ben Carson wasn’t there.


12 posted on 05/03/2017 8:01:45 AM PDT by Skywise
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Liberals are prohibited by the US Code of Liberals and Extremists section 502.1 from crediting Carson with any accomplishment. Doesn’t fit the meme that he is to be ridiculed (see SNL) and is not suitable to do the job.


13 posted on 05/03/2017 8:01:58 AM PDT by morphing libertarian
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$500 Billion Later, HUD Books Are A Disaster - March 7, 2017

Officials at HUD fixed $3.4 billion in errors from its 2015 books and $516.4 billion in errors from its 2016 books after the IG in December was unable to issue an opinion on either year's financial statements and highlighted 11 material weaknesses, seven significant deficiencies and five instances of failure to comply with laws and regulations.

These same problems have been reported for three straight years by the IG.

After Carson released the audit, a number of rightie bloggers credited Carson.

MSM SILENT: Ben Carson Finds $500 BILLION in Fraud - Gateway Pundit (Hoft)
Ben Carson Uncovers Massive Fraud at HUD...It's Bad - The Washington Feed
WOW: With Ben Carson At HUD, Billions Of Obama Fraud Uncovered - American Lookout

The OP is three-weeks old news too. Tempest in a teapot. Righties fake news too, duh.

14 posted on 05/03/2017 8:02:39 AM PDT by Cboldt
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Regardless of who found what, does anybody doubt that, under a Dem administration, the report would have been buried?


15 posted on 05/03/2017 8:06:30 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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If Hillary would have won, nobody would have ever heard of this.

This was a preemptive "finding".

16 posted on 05/03/2017 8:07:36 AM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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Dr Carson's Audit found HUD Can Not Account for $520 Billion
thenationalrealestatepost.com ^ | 3/22/2017 | Frank and Brian / FR Posted by TheTimeOfMan

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Dr. Ben Carson Finds Half TRILLION Dollars in Errors While Auditing Obama’s Housing Agency
hannity.com ^ | 4/6/2017 | unknown / FR Posted by rktman

Dr. Ben Carson has discovered over $500 billion (that's with a 'B') in errors and accounting mistakes during his audit of the Obama administration’s Housing and Urban Development budget. One of Dr. Carson’s first orders after being confirmed as the Secretary of HUD was a thorough audit of the agency, which has been accused of fraud and over-budgeted projects throughout the entire Obama administration. What did the auditors find? Over $520 billion in budgetary mistakes and clerical errors. (Excerpt) Read more at hannity.com ...

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17 posted on 05/03/2017 8:12:47 AM PDT by Liz (Shutting down conservatives' free speech is a form of hate speech. samtheman)
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The spin was errors discoversed shortly after Carson took over. I remember reading it and lots og winning posts were made. I don recall Carson making that claim for himself.


18 posted on 05/03/2017 8:13:23 AM PDT by momincombatboots (Gas attacks. Substitute Sadam for Assad and Iraq for Syria? How many American lives do you commit)
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Obama Siphoned off GSE Dividends To Prop Up OBAMACARE
ZeroHedge ^ | April 2, 2017 / FR Posted on by Zakeet

Earlier this month, Harvard Ph.D. Jerome Corsi of InfoWars (@jerome_corsi) and a CPA "who worked for two years for a major U.S. accounting firm as an outside auditor for Freddie Mac," confirmed a 2012 scheme hatched by the Obama administration.

The audacious looting involved funnelling hundreds of billions in dividends from Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSE) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to prop up the failing Obamacare program - by paying subsidies to insurers to remain in the system. [Snip]

The conclusion reached by Corsi and others is that this was probably illegal. In fact, House Republicans actually sued the Obama Administration in 2014 over the fact that the subsidies to insurers weren't appropriated by congress and won, which the Obama administration appealed.

Zerohedge and the Atlanta Journal Constitution pointed out last week, the Trump administration has until May 22nd to decide whether or not to pursue the appeal: (Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...

19 posted on 05/03/2017 8:13:52 AM PDT by Liz (Shutting down conservatives' free speech is a form of hate speech. samtheman)
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Who is the Fact Checker?


20 posted on 05/03/2017 8:15:18 AM PDT by sport
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