US President Donald Trump repeatedly rebuked a reporter during an October 20 press conference in the Oval Office. The exchange occurred as Trump took questions after announcing a new whistleblower program aimed at identifying fraud, corruption and waste in federal spending. Trump was irritated after a reporter questioned why the new program offered 1% commission when the False Claims Act can award at least 10% for information that helps uncover misuse of taxpayer funds.
The program has faced sharp criticism from legal experts and watchdogs who argue the initiative can be used as a political tool to target Democrats rather than a systematic anti-fraud operation and questions the fact that the program installs Donald Trump as a binding personal arbitrator for payouts. Crtitics also say it crowdsourcing coud overwhelm federal investigators with unverified or politically motivated accusations.
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