Trump says U.S. will pay fraud whistleblowers, and he'll decide who is paid

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's four-fifteen Eastern, this is The Bonk-o-Meter, where we check the claim and the meter decides.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorToday's claim: whistleblowers who report fraud get one percent, even if the fraud is a hundred billion dollars.

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   Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistOne percent! That's a billion dollars, Hank. I can't even get a one percent chance of sun.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Hill says the program has a twenty-five million dollar budget. And the America.gov fraud site says payments go up to thirty thousand dollars.

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   Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistA billion on the radio, thirty thousand on the website. That's a front moving in from two directions.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd when two people claim the same tip, he says, quote, I will be the arbitrator of all of these decisions.

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   Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistSo one judge.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOne judge, probably no appeal. The first payout was ten thousand dollars, the Washington Examiner says. The rating is Full Bonkers.

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   Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistThe needle's gone through the roof, Hank, and it's asking for one percent. Of the roof.