DOGE Investigating Feds Whose Net Worths Have Exploded After Samantha Power Bombshell
by Tyler Durden
Tuesday, Feb 11, 2025 - 05:20 PM
DOGE head Elon Musk said on Tuesday that DOGE is going to investigate federal employees whose net worths have exploded despite their comparatively low pay.
Elon Musk, with his son X, speaks with President Donald Trump and reporters in the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
The announcement - which came after President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling on federal agencies to work with DOGE, follows a bombshell report that Samantha Power, former head of USAID, saw her net worth explode to $30 million despite an annual salary under $250,000.
"We don't know why. Where did it come from? I think the reality is that they're getting wealthy at the taxpayer expense," Musk said on Tuesday.
Power, a former ambassador to the United Nations under President Obama, and was sworn in as head of USAID in May of 2021, reported a net worth between $6.7 million-$16.5 million in January of 2021 on a disclosure form. Her net worth is now estimated as high as $30 million, according to the website Biden's Basement.
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