The federal swamp simply obtained uncovered — and it’s worse than anybody thought.
In a bombshell revelation Monday, Elon Musk, head of the Trump-appointed Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE), accused the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) of deleting a terabyte of economic information in a determined try to cowl up huge corruption.
The accusation comes amid a fiery standoff between DOGE and USIP, a taxpayer-funded outfit President Donald Trump ordered dismantled earlier this yr.
Final month, tensions boiled over when Musk’s effectivity squad, backed by FBI brokers and D.C. Metro Police, stormed the institute’s headquarters, evicting its workers after days of resistance.
George Moose, the now-fired appearing president of USIP, tried to forged the takeover as unlawful, insisting his company was off-limits due to its nonprofit standing. However the reality stays: the institute is funded by taxpayer {dollars} and has operated with nearly no actual oversight.
The standoff adopted Trump’s February govt order to slash “pointless” authorities entities.
In accordance with conservative influencer Mario Nawfal:
“The Division of Authorities Effectivity’s discovery at the USA Institute of Peace reveals Washington’s soiled secret: businesses usually do exactly the alternative of their acknowledged mission.
When DOGE investigators lastly gained entry to USIP’s books—after days of institutional resistance requiring FBI intervention—they uncovered the unthinkable: $132,000 funneled to a former Taliban member and $1.3 million to an Iraqi group with questionable ties.
This matches a devastating sample. A 2019 Particular Inspector Basic report discovered $19 billion in U.S. support to Afghanistan was unaccounted for or misused between 2002-2016, exhibiting how routinely taxpayer cash flows to our adversaries below noble pretenses.
Much more disturbing was the tried cover-up. USIP officers deleted a terabyte of economic information hoping to cover their tracks, not realizing DOGE’s technological capabilities would get well the whole lot—an ideal instance of the 65% of federal businesses nonetheless utilizing outdated IT methods weak to mismanagement.
America ranks a dismal twenty seventh in world transparency rankings, behind a lot smaller nations. From the Pentagon’s $125 billion in administrative waste to the IRS’s $1.2 billion in improper funds, the sample is simple.
Elon’s technology-driven audits are exactly what these establishments worry most—daylight on many years of deception.”
“Any authorities establishment is more than likely to be the alternative of its identify,” Musk wrote on X.
He added, “They deleted a terabyte of economic information to cowl their crimes, however they don’t perceive know-how, so we recovered it.”
They deleted a terabyte of economic information to cowl their crimes, however they don’t perceive know-how, so we recovered it
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 1, 2025
