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Gun Owners of America

@GunOwners

May 3, 2023 • 9 tweets • 7 min read • Read on X

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@ATFHQ

🚨BREAKING🚨

@ATFHQ systemically committed financial crimes & used taxpayer dollars to pad the salaries of AT LEAST 108 bureaucrats.

Meanwhile, @JoeBiden wants to INCREASE the agency's funding to over $1.9 BILLION.

#DefundTheATF

@nbcchicago

According to @nbcchicago, ATF illegally overpaid up to $20 million to agents & investigators ONLY between 2016-2021.

@ATFHQ's whole budget is a waste! 👏

Read the story here ⤵️
cnbc.com/2023/05/02/atf…

@US_OSC

U.S. Office of Special Counsel (@US_OSC) investigators say the amount of FRAUD:

"Could be much higher [than $20 million] given that the unlawful job classifications had been common practice at @ATFHQ far longer than the five-year time frame reviewed by investigators."

@POTUS

The U.S. Office of Special Counsel has informed both @POTUS & Congress of "substantial waste, mismanagement & unlawful employment practices" with TOP-LEVEL @ATFHQ bureaucrat's salaries.

Ok, @JoeBiden, what are you gonna do now?🧐

Read their statement⤵️
osc.gov/News/Pages/22-…

@US_OSC

U.S. Office of Special Counsel (@US_OSC) ALSO said 108 ATF employees who worked in non-law enforcement positions "were improperly provided Law Enforcement Availability Pay (LEAP) and enhanced retirement benefits."

Is misusing tax dollars to masquerade as police #StolenValor?🤔

@ATFHQ

The investigation was sparked by a couple of whistleblowers in 2021 who were sick & tired of the "gross mismanagement" and "gross waste of funds" @ATFHQ. 💸💰💸

ammoland.com/2021/10/atf-wh…

@USOPM

Now, the Office of Personnel Management (@USOPM or the federal government's HR Department) says that @ATFHQ's leadership has "demonstrated disregard for the rule of law and regulations."

Gun owners have been saying that FOR YEARS!👏

@JoeBiden

Special Council Henry Kerner told @JoeBiden that the whistleblowers believe "that the report did not adequately capture the extent of ATF's illegal practices or the full impact of the harm" and that $20 million figure reported by @ATFHQ "significantly underreported" the waste. 🤯

@ATFHQ

If ATF Director Dettelbach does not IMMEDIATELY initiate a hiring freeze until the full extend of @ATFHQ's financial fraud is fully investigated & fixed, then Congress is duty bound to protect taxpayers from waste & DEFUND👏THE👏ATF👏

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Gun Owners of America

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The new @ATFHQ rule to create backdoor Universal Registration Checks is FULL of severely unconstitutional infringements.

This rogue agency is being empowered by a rogue executive branch who flat out hates gun owners.

Here's what we found so far.⤵️

The original rumors of the rule suggested anyone who sold five or more firearms could have to register as an FFL and conduct background checks, however the official released version says selling even ONE FIREARM without a license would be illegal.🤯

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