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’s has sent 3 individuals w/experience in & to the Admin, highlighting the focus that is putting on *rooting out waste & fraud in the nation’s social insurance programs* [dismantling & privatizing the system].


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Among those tapped for the task are Antonio Gracias of Valor Equity Partners, who also served on the board of Inc & was an early investor in …as well as Scott Coulter, formerly of Lone Pine Capital, & Michael Russo, formerly of Shift4….

Those names, confirmed in agency & court documents, underscore the importance that the agency has taken as a beachhead for ’s *cost-cutting* effort.

elevated a mid-level anti-fraud specialist, Leland Dudek, to be ’s acting commissioner last month — skipping over more than 150 higher-ranking supervisors at the agency.

Dudek had cooperated with , helping to bring Russo & Coulter into the agency, according to a sworn statement filed Friday by , the former agency chief of staff who retired when Dudek was promoted.

#law#Musk#USpol

Russo arrived Feb 3, & “introduced himself as a representative to multiple employees on multiple occasions,” said. He now serves as the agency’s chief information officer. Russo also brought on Akash Bobba, a fmr intern for ’s Technologies Inc, to *analyze* data.

#Trump#law#Musk

Bobba’s onboarding was unusual, acc/to , who said his background check was held up for a few days. She said she received pressure from Russo & Steve Davis, who runs ’s Boring Co & is also working for , to get Bobba credentials by midnight on Feb 10. Bobba was sworn in over the phone, “contrary to standard practice,” she said.

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said she didn’t know what was working on, but that it seemed to have something to do with allegations of widespread *fraud* that she considered to be “invalid.”

A spox for the Administration did not respond to questions about DOGE’s work at the agency. Russo, Gracias, Coulter, Bobba & Davis also did not respond to messages seeking comment.

#law#USpol#Trump

has used as a primary example for what he casts as a govt rampant w/*fraud, waste & abuse*, claiming there are millions of people at advanced ages—including some purportedly over 100 years of age—still collecting agency checks.

“I’m not going to touch Social Security, , . Now, we’re going to get *fraud* out of there,” Trump said in an interview Sun. “…We have people 250 years old & all, tremendous fraud.” [LIE, this has been repeatedly debunked]

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Dudek has repeatedly rebutted that claim. While a database of people who have had numbers is missing dates of death for millions of records, that doesn’t mean those people appear in a separate database of beneficiaries, he said.

Under , the agency is already undergoing a *reorganization*, w/snr staffers exiting, & job cuts & office reductions in the works—alarming Dems who see them as a threat to a program….

#law#USpol#Musk