What is the truth behind DOGE's claimed $16 billion in canceled government contracts?
An investigation by the New York Times revealed that DOGE significantly misrepresented its claimed $16 billion in government contract cancellations. Nearly half of these supposed savings came from a single Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency contract that DOGE listed as worth $8 billion. However, closer scrutiny of federal database records showed that the actual contract was valued at only $8 million, not $8 billion - representing a thousand-fold exaggeration. This finding indicates that DOGE vastly overstated the actual value of canceled contracts in what it termed its "wall of receipts," raising serious questions about the accuracy of its reported government savings.
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DOGE's Staggering $16 Billion in Canceled Contracts
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