Imo, they knew usaid would probably go away, they built in as many back doors and alternative funding methods as they could. This is why the anti Musk propaganda is so high. They thought they would be covered . I am also wondering how many "employees" there really are. Out of a 100 checks, I wonder how many go to to same person or organization (even though it would probably have a different name on the physical check). This may be why email with 5 bullet points was needed. Only takes 1 person 30 minutes worse case to come up with that, multiply that by 100's or 1000's to cover for the fake people , and now you have a real issue on your hands. The managers and directors who said no, don't do it, obviously know they have fake people, and could not risk exposure. If it was one or two, no big deal , but excessive amounts? No way. Now, Quick Q - if we were able to seize private Russian citizen assets becuase Putin shut down the ukrain biolabs , are we able to seize us dems bank accounts who are involved with this fraud?