Unearthed audit expos­es vul­ner­a­ble Dem’s han­dling of COVID relief funds: ‘Gross over­sight’

<div>Unearthed audit exposes vulnerable Dem's handling of COVID relief funds: 'Gross oversight'</div>

Dur­ing his time as direc­tor for the Flori­da Divi­sion of Emer­gency Man­age­ment (FDEM), Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D‑Fla., allowed over $1 bil­lion in COVID-19 relief fund­ing to go out the door with­out required mon­i­tor­ing, records reveal.The 2022 State of Flori­da Com­pli­ance and Inter­nal Con­trols over Finan­cial Report­ing and Fed­er­al Awards flagged the weak­ness in its annu­al audit, stat­ing, “FDEM did not mon­i­tor the activ­i­ties of any subrecipients.“While Fox News Dig­i­tal is not aware of fraud that may have been com­mit­ted with those funds, the resur­faced audit casts an unflat­ter­ing light on Moskowitz as he pur­sues re-elec­tion in one of the country’s most com­pet­i­tive districts.It also rais­es ques­tions about over­sight efforts for state-lev­el allo­ca­tions for gov­ern­ment funds, an issue Repub­li­cans have sig­naled mer­its more attention.COVID CASH MEANT TO GET KIDS BACK ON TRACK TOOK SURPRIS …