Did a federal Judge say the Treasury Department can take back $15 million of USAID money granted to companies owned by Sen. Adam Schiff? No, that's not true: This post originated from a website that produces satire content designed to fool conservatives. The post originally had a visible satire disclaimer but it has been reposted elsewhere with the disclaimer blurred out. A Google search did not bring up any news reporting about a "USAID scam" conducted by Schiff or a ruling by a federal judge.
The meme appeared in a post (archived here) published on Facebook by America's Last Line Of Defense on Jan. 4, 2026. It was captioned:
He thought Kamala would win and they'd sweep it under the rug.
The text of the meme reads:
Adam Schiff's USAID scam will cost him half of his fortune. A federal judge has given the Treasury Department the green light to claw back more than $15 million from companies owned by Schiff that took grants with "no names, applications, or accountability." The popular Democrat ploy has been exposed before, but never to this extent. The Justice Department will certainly be getting a referral.
A screenshot of the meme appears below:
(Image Source: Lead Stories screenshot from facebook.com/ALLODSatire/posts/he-thought-kamala-would-win-and-theyd-sweep-it-under-the-rug/1202761098652846.)
A watermark in the lower right corner of the meme reads:
ALLOD
SATIRE S
NOTHING on this page is REAL
This story is not true. A Google search (archived here) for the terms "Adam Schiff" AND "Treasury Department" AND "USAID" did not turn up any news reporting, only duplicate copies of the satirical post (pictured below).
(Image Source: Lead Stories screenshot from google.com/search.)
The Facebook page has many cues that the page is satire, including the banner image declaring, "America's Last Line of Defense Home of the Dunning-Kruger Times", and an intro starting:
The flagship of the ALLOD network of trollery and propaganda for cash.
Nothing on this page is real.
These disclaimers are of little use when the content is reposted without credit and the disclaimer watermarks are removed. On Jan. 6, 2026 the meme was reposted (archived here) on X by @mcafeenew with the original satire disclaimer blurred out (detail pictured below).
(Image Source: Lead Stories screenshot from x.com/mcafeenew/status/2008644091681067426.)
At the time of writing, on Jan. 7, 2026 this post on X has been reshared at least 4,600 times. The X post has an extensive caption doubling down on the false claim:
🚨EXPLOSIVE SCANDAL ERUPTS: ADAM SCHIFF'S DIRTY USAID GRIFT IS ABOUT TO WIPE OUT HALF HIS FILTHY FORTUNE - FEDERAL JUDGE JUST UNLEASHED THE TREASURY TO CLAW BACK A STAGGERING $15 MILLION+ FROM HIS SHADY COMPANIES THAT SUCKED UP GRANTS WITH ZERO NAMES, ZERO APPLICATIONS, AND ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY!
🔗 https://t.me/+nPHzGh53lLNkMTg0
THIS SLIMY DEMOCRAT SCHEME HAS BEEN BUSTED WIDE OPEN LIKE NEVER BEFORE - HE BET ON KAMALA WINNING TO BURY IT ALL UNDER THE RUG, BUT NOW JUSTICE IS COMING IN HOT WITH A FULL-BLOWN REFERRAL!
TIME TO DRAIN THE SWAMP AND MAKE HIM PAY - LITERALLY! WHO'S CHEERING FOR THIS TAKEDOWN?
SHARE IF YOU WANT TO SEE HIM BROKE AND EXPOSED!
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America's Last Line of Defense, a page by Christopher Blair
Christopher Blair is a self-professed liberal from Maine who for years has run networks of websites set up to troll conservatives with made-up news items in order to get them to share his posts. He often goes by the nickname "Busta Troll." A 2018 BBC profile called Blair "the Godfather of fake news," describing him as "one of the world's most prolific writers of disinformation."
His websites usually have multiple satire disclaimers and the stories very often contain obvious hints they are not real, like category names indicating they are fiction, links to "sources" that instead go to funny or offensive images or an "S for Satire" logo added to the images used as illustration. Another telltale sign is the name "Art Tubolls" (anagram for "Busta Troll") for characters in the stories. Blair also frequently pays homage to two of his friends who passed away by using their names ("Joe Barron" and "Sandy Batt") in stories.
Blair's stories have been widely copied by spammy, foreign website networks trying to make a buck by spamming American conservatives with clickbait headlines.
Here you can find some of the many, many stories from Blair's websites Lead Stories debunked over the years.
