They caught $200 billion in fraud — now Congress wants to take away the tools that found it.



Peter Schweizer and Eric Eggers are joined by fraud investigator Andy McClanahan to expose a buried amendment that would ban federal agencies from buying the data they use to hunt criminal fraud networks. Critics call it the "digital defunding of the police."



Plus: a $14B Russian Medicare bust, the IRS keeping your biometrics while fraud cops get cut off, and Washington State chaos — a ballot box that exploded, 360 blank ballots in a dumpster, and voter cards where 92% of names were Chinese.



Take away the data, and investigators go back to a notepad and pencil. Here's who benefits.



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The Drill Down with Peter Schweizer

Government Accountability Institute

"Defund the Data": The Secret Amendment That Could Blind Fraud Investigators Forever

JUN 2, 202627 MIN
The Drill Down with Peter Schweizer

"Defund the Data": The Secret Amendment That Could Blind Fraud Investigators Forever

JUN 2, 202627 MIN

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They caught $200 billion in fraud — now Congress wants to take away the tools that found it. Peter Schweizer and Eric Eggers are joined by fraud investigator Andy McClanahan to expose a buried amendment that would ban federal agencies from buying the data they use to hunt criminal fraud networks. Critics call it the "digital defunding of the police." Plus: a $14B Russian Medicare bust, the IRS keeping your biometrics while fraud cops get cut off, and Washington State chaos — a ballot box that exploded, 360 blank ballots in a dumpster, and voter cards where 92% of names were Chinese. Take away the data, and investigators go back to a notepad and pencil. Here's who benefits. Subscribe at TheDrillDown.com