75% of the $454 Billion CARES Act Money Never Went to the Fed; It Was Invested by a Mnuchin Slush Fund Called the ESF — Pam Martens and Russ Martens

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The CARES Act was signed into law on March 27. Congress earmarked 4 billion of that stimulus money to be distributed by the Treasury to the Federal Reserve to be used for emergency lending programs to save businesses and jobs during the pandemic and keep credit flowing to the U.S. economy. The catch was that the Treasury Secretary, Steve Mnuchin, would have to give his approval for each of the programs.Since June, Wall Street On Parade has been reporting that 0 billion of the 4 billion that Mnuchin was instructed to turn over to the Fed was unaccounted for. We noted that 98,000 businesses had permanently closed in the U.S. while this money, intended for economic relief, went missing....Wall Street On Parade75% of the 4 Billion CARES Act Money Never Went to the Fed; It Was

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