Stimulus checks for terrorists and other criminals?

 Washington Free Beacon:

Amid reports that the government sent stimulus checks to terrorists and death row inmates, a Republican congressman is demanding a full accounting of how much taxpayer money has gone to America's most dangerous criminals.

Rep. Don Bacon (R., Neb.) this month wrote to IRS commissioner Charles Rettig on how stimulus checks, officially referred to as Economic Impact Payments (EIP), were sent to "incarcerated individuals." One of the individuals who received a check is Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is serving several life sentences in federal prison. Bacon asked the IRS to disclose how many payments were made to inmates and specifically how many of those inmates were on death row.

The Nebraska Republican also wants information on how the money was transferred.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) warned in March 2021 that terrorists, including Tsarnaev, would receive the taxpayer-funded stimulus checks. Fact-checkers initially panned Cotton's prediction, but they backtracked after reports confirmed that Tsarnaev did in fact receive a $1,400 stimulus check.

Democrats in Congress have bragged about the widespread disbursement of stimulus money. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) bragged on Wednesday that she helped "huge amounts" of illegal immigrants receive stimulus checks.

The purpose of the stimulus program was to help people who lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic and generate spending for struggling businesses. It is unclear whether Tsarnaev spent any of the $1,400 before a Massachusetts district court judge ordered the money dispersed among his victims.
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File this under crazy stuff the government does with taxpayer money.