Over $1.3 billion has been funneled abroad to and Russia through 'pointless projects' over the last five years according to a compilation of taxpayer-funded grants uncovered by Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa.Nonprofit transparency group Open the Books worked with Ernst to put together a new analysis of data from USAspending.gov, which found that between 2017-2022, U.S.-funded grants and contracts amounting to $490 million were paid to Chinese organizations and anotherAccording to Ernst's analysis, the U.S. handed out millions in strange 'pet projects' to its biggest adversaries.
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