{"id":2403417,"date":"2025-02-17T14:57:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T19:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-epa-chief-we-have-found-the-gold-bars-bidens-team-hid-20-billion-set-aside-to-thwart-trump\/"},"modified":"2025-02-17T14:58:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T19:58:35","slug":"trumps-epa-chief-we-have-found-the-gold-bars-bidens-team-hid-20-billion-set-aside-to-thwart-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-epa-chief-we-have-found-the-gold-bars-bidens-team-hid-20-billion-set-aside-to-thwart-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s EPA Chief: We Have Found the &#8216;Gold Bars&#8217; Biden&#8217;s Team Hid &#8211; $20 Billion Set Aside to Thwart Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrumps-epa-chief-we-have-found-the-gold-bars-bidens-team-hid-20-billion-set-aside-to-thwart-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2403417&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>EPA Administrator Lee zeldin \u2062recently accused former President Joe biden&#8217;s administration of creating a $20 billion fund to \u2064promote their interests after\u200c Donald Trump assumed\u2062 office. In\u2062 a video, Zeldin highlighted a disconcerting statement\u200b from a\u2062 Biden-appointed EPA official, who\u2064 claimed thay were &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">tossing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-congressional-candidate-proposes-legislative-ban-on-public-retirement-funds-of-investments-in-china\/\" title=\"California Congressional Candidate Proposes Legislative Ban on Public Retirement ...s of Investments in China\">gold bars<\/a><\/a> off the Titanic,\u201d referring\u2064 to\u200d taxpayer\u2063 dollars that were allegedly mishandled. Zeldin asserts that this \u2062fund\u2063 was set up without adequate oversight and primarily benefited a network \u2063of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-china-threat-is-real-and-upon-us\/\" title=\"The China Threat is Real and Upon Us\">leftist organizations<\/a> rather than the American public. he stated that the funds were allocated to eight entities,wiht a considerable portion,nearly $7 billion,going \u200bto the Climate United\u200d Fund. Zeldin vowed to investigate the lack of financial transparency and recover the funds, emphasizing the \u200cneed for a more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-carolina-county-wants-teachers-fired-disciplined-if-they-undermine-constitution-bash-founders-say-americas-racist\/\" title=\"North Carolina County Wants Teachers Fired, Disciplined If They Undermine Constitution, Bash Founders, Say America\u2019s Racist\">accountable government<\/a> and the\u2062 end of financial support for far-left \u200bactivist \u200cgroups. \u200dHe \u2064argues that the American taxpayers deserve their money back rather than having\u200b it misused.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin revealed on Wednesday that staffers for former President Joe Biden established a $20 billion slush fund to advance their interests once President Donald Trump took office.<\/p>\n<p>Zeldin said in a video posted to X that an &ldquo;extremely disturbing video&rdquo; circulated two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-bidens-custody-battle-could-uncover-info-on-buyers-of-his-art-as-mother-of-estranged-daughter-seeks-financial-records\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden&#039;s Custody Fight Might Reveal Information on Purchasers of His Art as Mom of Estranged Child Seeks Financial Records\">months ago showing<\/a> a Biden appointee in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/faulty-electric-buses-cause-massive-headaches-multiple-school-districts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EPA<\/a> admitting that the team was &ldquo;tossing gold bars off the Titanic.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to Zeldin, the &ldquo;gold bars&rdquo; were tax dollars moved out of the EPA as the Biden administration drew to a close.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EPA?\">@EPA<\/a> Advisor Admits &lsquo;Insurance Policy&rsquo; Against Trump is Funneling Billions to Climate Organizations, &ldquo;We&rsquo;re Throwing Gold Bars off the Titanic&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was an insurance policy against Trump winning.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Get the money out as fast as possible before they[Trump&hellip;[Trump&hellip;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eaAihuNvAh\">pic.twitter.com\/eaAihuNvAh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Project Veritas (@Project_Veritas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Project_Veritas\/status\/1863960384513753213?\">December 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  But Zeldin&rsquo;s team has now found the &ldquo;gold bars.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Shockingly, roughly 20 billion of your tax dollars were parked at an outside financial institution by the Biden EPA,&rdquo; he said in the video.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This scheme was the first of its kind in EPA history, and it was purposefully designed to obligate all of the money in a rushed job with reduced oversight,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Zeldin explained that the money was used to prop up a leftist patronage network rather than serve the taxpayer.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680;The Biden EPA tossed $20 billion of &ldquo;gold bars off the Titanic&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p>BIG UPDATE! We found the gold bars and they are now being recovered for you, the hardworking American taxpayer.<\/p>\n<p>Here are more of the details: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DM4C0TQcpj\">pic.twitter.com\/DM4C0TQcpj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lee Zeldin (@epaleezeldin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/epaleezeldin\/status\/1889840040622321778?\">February 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  &ldquo;Even further, this pot of $20 billion was awarded to just eight entities that were then responsible for doling out your money to NGOs and others at their discretion, with far less transparency,&rdquo; Zeldin said. &ldquo;Just under $7 billion was sent to one entity called the Climate United Fund.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-york-governor-escalates-democrats-extreme-rhetoric-republican-voters-ahead-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zeldin<\/a> vowed that he would seek to claw back the $20 billion and would examine the failure of financial transparency that occurred.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The days of irresponsibly shoveling boatloads of cash to far-left activist groups in the name of environmental justice and climate equity are over,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The American public deserves a more transparent and accountable government than what transpired these past four years.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This stash of &ldquo;gold bars&rdquo; from the EPA is merely one of several slush funds that have been discovered within less than a month of Trump taking office.<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/doge-asks-public-feedback-wasteful-government-regulations-submit-response\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Government Efficiency<\/a> similarly uncovered billions of dollars in bizarre or corrupt projects at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/usaid-scandal-means-everday-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USAID<\/a>, through which leftists were employed to promote their pet ideologies and shove them down the throats of other countries.<\/p>\n<p>The American people hope that Zeldin is correct.<\/p>\n<p>The vast majority want the &ldquo;days of irresponsibly shoveling boatloads of cash to far-left activist groups&rdquo; to finally be over.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, they want the money back in their pockets, not thrown off the Titanic.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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