Legal Insurrection by Elizabeth Stauffer 2/21/25
“At 4:30pm EST, my boss called me to tell me I had been placed on administrative leave pending an Investigation. They want to fire me for cooperating with DOGE.”When the powers that be at the Social Security Administration learned that long-time fraud expert Leland Dudek had cooperated fully with the Department of Government Efficiency team, he was placed on administrative leave, pending an investigation.
In a now-deleted LinkedIn post obtained by The Daily Wire, Dudek wrote:
At 4:30pm EST, my boss called me to tell me I had been placed on administrative leave pending an Investigation. They want to fire me for cooperating with DOGE.
I confess. I helped DOGE understand SSA. I mailed myself publicly accessible documents and explained them to DOGE. I confess. I moved contractor money around to add data science resources to my anti-fraud team. I confess. I asked where the fat was and is in our contracts so we can make the right tough choices.
I confess. I bullied agency executives, shared executive contact information, and circumvented the chain of command to connect DOGE with the people who get stuff done.
Everything I have ever done is in service to our country, our beneficiaries, and our agency.
The Daily Wire reported that hours later, Dudek was reinstated – “with a big promotion.” He was appointed the agency’s Acting Commissioner, replacing former Acting Commissioner Michelle King, who had flatly refused to assist DOGE in any way.
More:
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/02/schadenfreude-ssa-fraud-expert-benched-for-helping-doge-but-then-appointed-acting-commissioner/
