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Musk left Social Security payments in the hands of a 21-year-old DOGE tech bro
- Elon Musk began publicly accusing the Social Security Administration of enabling massive fraud starting February 9, 2023, while overseeing the Department of Government Efficiency .
- Musk’s claims stemmed from a misreading of government spending data that led him and his team to believe fraud was widespread, despite warnings from agency officials.
- DOGE pressured SSA officials to grant wide access to sensitive personal data, including to a 21-year-old former Palantir intern, Akash Bobba, and fired Acting Commissioner Michelle King when she resisted.
- Musk falsely claimed that 40% of Social Security’s customer service calls were scam-related, a figure later refuted by Commissioner Frank Bisignano and contradicted by internal data and fact-checks.
- The DOGE initiative prompted thousands of Social Security Administration employees to leave amid service disruptions, while officials highlight that the plan uncovered $1 billion in budget reductions and pledge to uphold benefit safeguards.
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The Independent (US)Musk left Social Security payments in the hands of a 21-year-old DOGE tech bro
The wealthiest man on earth was so distrustful of the nonpartisan experts at the Social Security Administration that he and his allies insisted on giving a 21-year-old former Silicon Valley intern sweeping access to personal data on hundreds of millions of Americans, living and dead, in hopes of proving his outlandish claims about fraudulent payments passing though the agency.
The bureaucrat and the billionaire: Inside DOGE’s chaotic takeover of Social Security - The Boston Globe
The drama offers a case study in how Elon Musk’s team sought to run a critical government agency through misinformation and social media blasts — and how longtime employees responded.
NYT: Katie Miller Ordered SSA to Lie to Back Elon Musk Claim
(Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images) Katie Miller — a top Trump administration aide who is married to White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller — ordered a government agency to lie in an effort to cover up a bogus claim by Elon Musk, according to a blockbuster New York Times report. According to a piece Monday co-authored by Times reporters Alexandra Berzon, Nicholas Nehamas and Tara Siegel Bernard, employees at the Social Security A…
According to the New York Times, the cuts Musk and his team are making to Social Security are based on lies and "misunderstood data."
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