After discovering $382 million in illegal unemployment claims since 2020, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) identified California, New York, and Massachusetts, all of which have Democratic supermajorities, as the primary sources of unlawful payments.
DOGE officials stated the three deep blue states were liable for $305 million in misdirected money.
Furthermore, DOGE reported that California alone accounted for 68% of the benefits provided by former President Joe Biden to parolees identified by federal authorities as being on the government’s terrorism watchlist or with criminal records.
California, New York, and Massachusetts all have a Democratic trifecta: Democrats control the state House, Senate, and governorship. Furthermore, these states have a Democratic trifecta, with party control of the Attorney General, Secretary of State, and governorship.
This is another incredible discovery by the DOGE team, finding nearly $400 million in fraudulent unemployment payments. The Labor Department is committed to recovering Americans’ stolen tax dollars. We will catch these thieves and keep working to root out egregious fraud,” Labor Department Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer said, per Fox.
Musk is preparing to step down from his special assignment as head of the Department of Government Efficiency, but he took time this week to reveal the five most outrageous things his team has found in an interview with Fox News’ Jesse Watters.
When Trump signed an executive order creating DOGE on Inauguration Day, the agency set an ambitious target of trimming $2 trillion from the federal budget.
Under Office of Government Ethics rules, “special government employees” like Musk may serve no more than 130 days per year, meaning Musk’s term will end on May 30. He has already begun scaling back his hours at the agency, Fox noted.
So as his time with DOGE comes to an end, he revealed to Watters the most egregious government waste that he and his team found in just a few short months.
Earlier this year, DOGE uncovered that the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) had paid $132,000 to Mohammad Qasem Halimi—a former Taliban member who served as Afghanistan’s Chief of Protocol. On March 31, DOGE announced the contract’s cancellation.
