Pentagon used $1B taxpayer money meant for masks and swabs to make jet engine parts and body armor

Some defense contractors were given the Pentagon money even though they had already dipped into another pot of bailout funds, the Paycheck Protection Program.

Congress, at Trump’s urging, is now debating whether to pass another massive stimulus package, and the Pentagon and defense contractors have called for another $11 billion to be directed toward their programs.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/09/22/covid-funds-pentagon/