Exclusive: USAID Blew Hundreds of Thousands in Taxpayer Slush Funds on Ukrainian 'Pickle Maker,' Pet Accessories

Jordan Boyd : Feb 26, 2025
The Federalist

[TheFederalist.com] The US Agency for International Development (USAID) spent millions of American taxpayer dollars propping up pet projects like dog collar manufacturing and pickle making in Ukraine and then spent months stonewalling members of Congress about that spending, according to findings obtained by The Federalist. Sen. Joni Ernst's staff uncovered the secret slush funds when, after months of enduring the agency's excuses to justify its resistance to oversight, they were finally permitted access to "very limited data." ... Ernst wrote that USAID grants such as CEP funds claim to "enhance Ukraine's wartime posture by increasing Ukrainian businesses' sales in new markets. Instead, the American people have funded extravagant trade missions and vacations for Ukrainian business owners to film festivals and fashion weeks across the glamorous capitols of Europe and beyond"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Click Here to read. (Screengrab image: via NBC-6)