A knowledge scientist with ties to DOGE chief Elon Musk declared Monday that she believes “over $100 billion” in taxpayer {dollars} are being wasted or stolen by federal staff at authorities businesses.
The tech professional is utilizing synthetic intelligence to reveal instances of presidency waste, fraud and abuse and goes by “DataRepublican” on X, the place her posts are recurrently shared by billionaire Tesla and SpaceX founder.
“Whew,” the girl, who’s deaf, stated by means of an interpreter when requested by NewsNation’s Brian Entin about how a lot federal money she believes is being wasted or stolen based mostly on her efforts poring over public databases.
“If I had to guess I would say it is over $100 billion,” she stated. “But what is more important is what they are doing with that money.”
“The numbers don’t lie,” the info professional added. “And look, they don’t always say what I want to hear. But they do tell me the truth.”
“DataRepublican” didn’t disclose her true identification in the course of the interview due to threats she has obtained over her closeness with Musk.
She described her relationship with the top of President Trump’s Division of Authorities Effectivity as a working one, however famous that she has by no means communicated straight with Musk.
“I want to be clear. I don’t communicate directly with Elon. He found me and he supports my work,” she stated. “But I have communicated with some people who are involved with DOGE. And I don’t want to say much more than that, but I have a working relationship.”
She stated she’s not even positive how the billionaire discovered her on-line.
“Honestly, I don’t know, you’d have to ask him,” she stated of how Musk stumbled upon her X account, which he has inspired his greater than 218 million followers to observe.
“But I’m grateful,” she added, noting that it has “been a whirlwind” since she began partaking on-line with Musk.
The tech genius defined that her present work entails “analyzing connections and relationships between people in the government.”
“[I]f you research people long enough, you start to notice that they’re all working together, they’re all married, that they’re all in-laws,” she stated of her newest findings.
“DataRepublican” insisted that the proof of corruption she has uncovered isn’t restricted to members of only one political occasion.
“I cannot tell you enough how much both [Republicans and Democrats] are involved,” she stated. “It is everywhere.”
Musk’s DOGE initiative, which goals to chop no less than $1 trillion in federal spending, claims it has already saved taxpayers about $55 billion by slashing authorities grants, discovering misplaced cash, downsizing federal businesses and shedding hundreds of presidency staff.
