Biden announces crackdown on pandemic aid fraud

During his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Biden promised to crack down on fraudsters who stole billions of dollars in COVID-19 aid.

Biden said the Trump administration "undermined the watchdogs" whose job it was "to keep pandemic relief funds [from] being wasted."

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Grayson Quay

Grayson Quay was the weekend editor at TheWeek.com. His writing has also been published in National Review, the Pittsburgh Post-GazetteModern AgeThe American ConservativeThe Spectator World, and other outlets. Grayson earned his M.A. from Georgetown University in 2019.