Oligarch's crew makes audits harder, US comptroller general tells Congress

The US Government Accountability Office has confirmed it launched audits of Elon Musk's Trump-blessed cost-trimming DOGE unit amid concerns that its access to agency systems may be complicating oversight and involving sensitive data.

Since being appointed at the start of the President's second term, the Musk-run task force has accessed sensitive systems at the Treasury Department, axed staff at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, stirred concerns at the Social Security Administration, and drawn scrutiny over attempted sensitive data access at the National Labor Relations Board.

Despite all that meddling, DOGE has fallen well short of Musk's $2 trillion savings target - since dialed back to $1 trillion - with the special government employee and world's richest man recently touting an estimated $150 billion in savings for the fiscal year 2026.

Now, prompted by earlier requests for a review of DOGE's activities, federal auditors want to know ...