sworn affidavit filed
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG Treasurer Malemo L. Tausaga, in a sworn affidavit filed with the federal court in Washington D.C., which is hearing a constitutional rights lawsuit brought by local resident Steven Jay Pincus Hueter, says CARES Act funds allocated to Fono members have been returned...

![The defense informs the court that, Malemo has attested that although each member of the Fono was issued payments from the Corona Relief Fund those payments were returned in August 2020; and “notwithstanding what the Samoa News article says, no CARES Act Funds or Corona Relief Funds were allocated or used towards any High Court building, including the demolition or construction of the High Court.” [SN file photo] ASG Treasurer Malemo L. Tausaga](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/treasurer_malemo-tausaga-e1554187171392-o5rmz2t95ew2x8gxgnu2xdljl5ljwb3bmmw83mkhgc_2.jpg?itok=-cZpJmlW)