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Elon Musk's DOGE made big errors in claims of government savings, GAO finds

Washington Post Tech Thursday 06 August 2026, 11:00 UTC By Faiz Siddiqui, Meryl Kornfield 1 min read
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The U.S. DOGE Service, the cost-cutting group spearheaded by Elon Musk, consistently overstated its savings in online posts, taking credit for lease cancellations initiated before the group existed, according to a report from a government watchdog to be released Thursday. DOGE also claimed contracts were terminated that had not been and loaded its database with savings that could not be verified, the report said. Democracy Dies in Darkness Elon Musk's DOGE made big errors in claims of...

The U.S. DOGE Service, the cost-cutting group spearheaded by Elon Musk, consistently overstated its savings in online posts, taking credit for lease cancellations initiated before the group existed, according to a report from a government watchdog to be released Thursday. DOGE also claimed contracts were terminated that had not been and loaded its database with savings that could not be verified, the report said. Democracy Dies in Darkness Elon Musk's DOGE made big errors in claims of government savings, GAO finds The government watchdog found that billions of dollars in DOGE’s public tally could not be verified and that some claimed cuts never happened.
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