DOGE found hundreds of billions in fraud?
WHEN & WHERE WAS IT SAID?
When: Mar 4, 2025
Where: Address to Congress
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THE CLAIM (BRACE YOURSELF)
DOGE has found hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud
WHAT HE SAID (WORD FOR WORD, SADLY)
He said DOGE has found hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud.
WHEN AND WHERE (THE RECEIPTS HAVE A CALENDAR)
His address to Congress, March 4, 2025, reviewed by FactCheck.org.
WHAT THE RECORD SHOWS (BRING SNACKS)
- FactCheck.org found DOGE itself claimed much less in savings than the figure implied, and documented only a fraction of that.
- Savings are not fraud: cutting a contract or a program is a spending decision, not proof that anything was stolen.
WHY THIS MATTERS
Cutting costs and catching crooks are different jobs. Only the second one is 'fraud'.
THE FACTS (SORRY)
DOGE claimed much less in savings and documented only a fraction; savings are not proven fraud.
Finding: UnsupportedSource: trust me.
Sources & further reading
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