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Crossroads with Joshua Philipp

White House Releases List on USAID "Waste and Abuse"; Democrat Rep. Moves to Impeach Trump Over Gaza

Crossroads with Joshua Philipp

The Epoch Times

Government, Education

4.9594 Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

The Department of Government Efficiency’s investigations into the U.S. Agency for International Development have now revealed that several news outlets were receiving millions in government funds. This includes government funding that was going to many corporate news outlets like Politico. Not only that, the White House has also released a list showing wasteful spending by the USAID, including for things like $70,000 for the production of a "DEI musical" in Ireland. 

In other news, President Donald Trump may soon face his first round of impeachment hearings for his second term in office. Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) announced he will bring articles of impeachment against Trump for what he calls “ethnic cleansing in Gaza.” 

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0:00.0

Trump may soon face his first round of impeachment hearings for his second term in office, and it's over Gaza.

0:06.0

In other nudes, we're now getting details about what our tax dollars are being spent on,

0:10.0

and it turns out we were unknowingly bankrolling the big corporate media.

0:16.0

The Doge investigations in the USAID have now revealed that several news outlets were receiving

0:21.3

millions of dollars in government funds.

0:24.3

And not just that, the White House has also released a list of wasteful items that USAID money

0:30.5

has been going to.

0:32.1

$1.5 million to advance DEI in Serbia, $70,000 for a production of a DEI musical in Ireland, and a lot more.

0:42.4

And also, the Trump administration has begun flying illegal immigrants to Guantanamo Bay.

0:47.8

This is as sanctuary cities have also lost their federal funding.

0:52.4

I'm the Epitome Senior Investigator reporter Joshua Phillip,

0:55.0

and you're listening to Crossroads.

1:02.6

Trump may soon be facing his very first round of impeachment hearings for his second term in office.

1:08.8

Remember they tried doing this before. Representative Al Green, a Democrat from Texas, announced he's going to bring the articles

1:14.6

of impeachment against President Donald Trump for what he's calling the ethnic cleansing in Gaza.

1:20.6

Now like, first off, this could be an uphill battle for him, even among Democrats.

1:25.6

Trump has only been in office just over two weeks.

1:30.4

The majority of the war between Hamas and Israel and Gaza, as well as the backing of Israel

1:35.8

and the war, that was under the Biden administration.

1:39.0

The peace deal came under Trump, at least the end, beginning of it.

1:42.9

But Trump is facing some additional pressure now over his announced plans to have the United

1:47.8

States take over Gaza.

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