There are some instances of fraud that we've known about for some time, but it's taken the Trump administration and Doge to identify it and fix it. For example, The Government Accountability Office submitted a report to Congress last April estimating that the federal government loses between 223 billion and $521 billion every year as a result of improper payments. Federal government's making Improper payments and spending, potentially up to half a trillion dollars. Naturally, this was an opportunity for Doge to identify this waste of taxpayer dollars. (03:21–03:42)
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Asserts that the GAO estimated federal government losses due to improper payments range from $223 billion to $521 billion annually.
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