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    California lawmakers demand investigation of corruption in Armenian genocide victim payments

    by Matt Hamilton and Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times Apr 02, 2022 4 minutes
    Jackie Speier, D- Calif., conducts a hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on July 29, 2020.

    LOS ANGELES — Four influential California lawmakers called this week for an investigation into a $17.5 million class-action settlement on behalf of Armenian genocide victims that a Los Angeles Times investigation found had been marred by fraud, diverted funds and a rejection rate of 92%.

    U.S. Reps. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., and Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., the only Armenian Americans in Congress, along with Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and state Sen. Anthony Portantino, D-La Canada Flintridge, chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said they were disgusted by misconduct The Times detailed in a report last week.

    “I am deeply concerned and outraged by the issues raised,” Portantino said in a

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