An audit conducted in Iowa has accused Republican Governor Kim Reynolds of improperly using COVID funds to pay staff salaries and then trying to conceal the payments by running through a different agency. The COVID funds that were given to states came with only a few restrictions, but one of them was that any money used for non-pandemic items had to be approved by the federal government, which is why Reynolds likely funneled them through a different department. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins explains what happened. <br /><br />Link - <a href="https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-government-spending-kim-reynolds-health-5b9900705d02ab882eece263e79c7188" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-government-spending-kim-reynolds-health-5b9900705d02ab882eece263e79c7188</a><br /><br />Become a member today!: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWIEbibRcZav6xMLo9qWWw/join" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWIEbibRcZav6xMLo9qWWw/join</a><br /><br />Support us by becoming a monthly patron on Patreon, and help keep progressive media alive!: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/TheRingofFire" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.patreon.com/TheRingofFire</a><br /><br />Find our merchandise at Teespring: <a href="https://teespring.com/stores/rof-store" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://teespring.com/stores/rof-store</a><br /><br />Spread the word! LIKE and SHARE this video or leave a comment to help direct attention to the stories that matter. And SUBSCRIBE to stay connected with Ring of Fire's video content!<br /><br />Support Ring of Fire by subscribing to our YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/theringoffire" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/theringoffire</a><br /><br />Be sociable! Follow us on:<br />Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/RingofFireRadio" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.facebook.com/RingofFireRadio</a><br />Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/RingofFireRadio" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.twitter.com/RingofFireRadio</a><br />Google+: <a href="http://plus.google.com/118415831573195648557" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://plus.google.com/118415831573195648557</a><br />Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ringoffirenetwork/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/ringoffirenetwork/</a><br /><br />Follow more of our stories at <a href="http://www.TROFIRE.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.TROFIRE.com</a><br /><br />Subscribe to our podcast: <a href="http://www.ROFPodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.ROFPodcast.com</a><br /><br />*This transcript was generated by a third-party transcription software company, so please excuse any typos.<br /><br />Republican Iowa. Governor Kim Reynolds has been caught using COVID funds improperly to pay her staff salaries and trying to conceal these payments by funneling the money through different government agencies so that she wouldn't get in trouble for misusing COVID funds. This is the result of a state audit report that found this information. She spent, uh, I think over $450,000 in federal COVID funds given to the state of Iowa to pay for her staff salaries. And she had been warned a couple of times over the past few months that, Hey, you can't do this. This is very bad. The government has to approve the use of COVID funds for non COVID measures. And, uh, it looks like you're kind of sending it through the department of Homeland security instead of, instead of the normal way you pay your staff and your staff salary, isn't showing up on the state records here. <br /><br />So what the hell was going on and the governor's office just dismissed. It didn't care said we don't have any paperwork whatsoever, but now they've changed their to, now that they've been busted for this, they said, Hey, we've reached out to <br />...<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubuhNdd9UBY" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubuhNdd9UBY</a>