'FRAUD AT SCALE': Elon Musk exposes shocking waste that makes people 'numb'
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[{'start': '1.120', 'end': '6.080', 'text': 'Tonight, our exclusive look into Doge.'}, {'start': '4.000', 'end': '8.160', 'text': 'Elon Musk was nice enough to invite us'}, {'start': '6.080', 'end': '10.800', 'text': 'into the Eisenhower building last night'}, {'start': '8.160', 'end': '13.559', 'text': 'to sit in on his weekly 1000 p.m. Doge'}, {'start': '10.800', 'end': '17.039', 'text': 'meeting. Yeah, they usually meet at'}, {'start': '13.559', 'end': '19.920', 'text': "10:00. I'm almost in bed by then. We met"}, {'start': '17.039', 'end': '22.400', 'text': 'the whole crew, even big balls. And they'}, {'start': '19.920', 'end': '24.640', 'text': 'showed us how Doge really gets done. We'}, {'start': '22.400', 'end': '26.880', 'text': 'sat back, listened, and we learned a'}, {'start': '24.640', 'end': '29.279', 'text': "lot, and we hope you do, too. Here's"}, {'start': '26.880', 'end': '31.359', 'text': 'part one of our exclusive interview.'}, {'start': '29.279', 'end': '32.960', 'text': 'Elon, thank you so much for bringing in'}, {'start': '31.359', 'end': '35.440', 'text': "the meeting here. I'm gonna do something"}, {'start': '32.960', 'end': '38.399', 'text': "no anchor ever does. I'm not going to"}, {'start': '35.440', 'end': '39.920', 'text': 'talk. What? For as long as possible.'}, {'start': '38.399', 'end': '42.320', 'text': "You're talking right now. I'm going to"}, {'start': '39.920', 'end': '45.680', 'text': "let you run your meeting and then I'll"}, {'start': '42.320', 'end': '49.039', 'text': "interrupt when I'm bored. So, take it"}, {'start': '45.680', 'end': '51.360', 'text': 'away. So, like a board meeting. Like a'}, {'start': '49.039', 'end': '53.320', 'text': 'board meeting.'}, {'start': '51.360', 'end': '55.520', 'text': 'Exactly. All'}, {'start': '53.320', 'end': '57.840', 'text': 'right. Well, I guess we normally go'}, {'start': '55.520', 'end': '60.559', 'text': 'around the table say what what do we get'}, {'start': '57.840', 'end': '62.559', 'text': 'done this week?'}, {'start': '60.559', 'end': '67.119', 'text': 'go this way. Sure. No, we start with'}, {'start': '62.559', 'end': '69.600', 'text': 'you. Sure. Um so actually um a lot of'}, {'start': '67.119', 'end': '72.080', 'text': 'great work at the Treasury this week. Um'}, {'start': '69.600', 'end': '74.400', 'text': 'one of the crazy things at um with'}, {'start': '72.080', 'end': '76.240', 'text': 'regards to the Treasury um is that when'}, {'start': '74.400', 'end': '77.600', 'text': 'a payment is made and the computers at'}, {'start': '76.240', 'end': '80.520', 'text': 'the Treasury actually pay about $5'}, {'start': '77.600', 'end': '83.680', 'text': 'trillion per year, like crazy amounts.'}, {'start': '80.520', 'end': '85.520', 'text': 'Um there was formerly not a budget code'}, {'start': '83.680', 'end': '86.880', 'text': 'on there. So if some payment was made,'}, {'start': '85.520', 'end': '88.320', 'text': "you didn't know actually what it was"}, {'start': '86.880', 'end': '91.200', 'text': 'for. Um, it could have been for'}, {'start': '88.320', 'end': '94.000', 'text': 'anything. There was a a $4 billion COVID'}, {'start': '91.200', 'end': '95.920', 'text': 'fund um in the Department of Education'}, {'start': '94.000', 'end': '97.280', 'text': 'and there was no receipts required so'}, {'start': '95.920', 'end': '98.880', 'text': 'people could just draw down on it. And'}, {'start': '97.280', 'end': '101.040', 'text': "when people looked into it, this wasn't"}, {'start': '98.880', 'end': '102.400', 'text': 'us, this was before us, um, they found'}, {'start': '101.040', 'end': '104.000', 'text': 'that money was being used to rent out'}, {'start': '102.400', 'end': '107.360', 'text': "Caesar's Palace for parties, rent out"}, {'start': '104.000', 'end': '108.880', 'text': 'stadiums, um, etc. And so the one change'}, {'start': '107.360', 'end': '110.560', 'text': 'that Doge made with Department of'}, {'start': '108.880', 'end': '112.560', 'text': 'Education is we had the simple'}, {'start': '110.560', 'end': '115.040', 'text': 'requirement that if you draw down money,'}, {'start': '112.560', 'end': '116.640', 'text': 'you must first upload a receipt. That'}, {'start': '115.040', 'end': '118.560', 'text': 'was the only change that was made. you'}, {'start': '116.640', 'end': '120.560', 'text': 'must upload your receipt. And upon doing'}, {'start': '118.560', 'end': '123.200', 'text': 'so, yes, nobody drew down any money'}, {'start': '120.560', 'end': '125.200', 'text': "anymore. Yes. But we we didn't say that"}, {'start': '123.200', 'end': '127.040', 'text': "we'd check the receipt. You could send a"}, {'start': '125.200', 'end': '129.440', 'text': 'fake receipt. You could send a picture'}, {'start': '127.040', 'end': '131.480', 'text': 'of your dog.'}, {'start': '129.440', 'end': '134.879', 'text': 'Anything. Anything.'}, {'start': '131.480', 'end': '137.840', 'text': 'Anything. And And they But soon as we'}, {'start': '134.879', 'end': '139.120', 'text': 'asked for anything at all, that suddenly'}, {'start': '137.840', 'end': '140.720', 'text': 'the requests were like, "Oh, we don\'t'}, {'start': '139.120', 'end': '142.480', 'text': 'need it anymore." Huh. That\'s'}, {'start': '140.720', 'end': '145.360', 'text': "interesting. They were renting Caesar's"}, {'start': '142.480', 'end': '147.680', 'text': 'palace. Yes. They were like basically'}, {'start': '145.360', 'end': '151.040', 'text': 'partying on the tax share of money.'}, {'start': '147.680', 'end': '154.560', 'text': 'Stadiums. Yes. Leasing stadiums. Leasing'}, {'start': '151.040', 'end': '158.319', 'text': 'stadiums for what? For parties.'}, {'start': '154.560', 'end': '160.319', 'text': "Basically for parties. Yes. That's a big"}, {'start': '158.319', 'end': '162.640', 'text': "party. It's a big party. You'd think if"}, {'start': '160.319', 'end': '164.720', 'text': "you were stealing you'd start small."}, {'start': '162.640', 'end': '166.720', 'text': 'They do start small. Uh but then over'}, {'start': '164.720', 'end': '168.480', 'text': 'what happens is over the years. So'}, {'start': '166.720', 'end': '170.640', 'text': 'generally the fraud starts out small and'}, {'start': '168.480', 'end': '173.040', 'text': 'they try to hide it. But then year after'}, {'start': '170.640', 'end': '175.280', 'text': 'year, if nobody stops the fraud, it gets'}, {'start': '173.040', 'end': '178.160', 'text': 'more and more brazen and and every year'}, {'start': '175.280', 'end': '179.640', 'text': "it gets bigger until they're literally"}, {'start': '178.160', 'end': '182.879', 'text': 'renting out'}, {'start': '179.640', 'end': '185.680', 'text': 'stadiums like in a million dollars to'}, {'start': '182.879', 'end': '188.760', 'text': 'rent out a stadium. Fraud infro infronte'}, {'start': '185.680', 'end': '192.319', 'text': "deleto. Okay, we're"}, {'start': '188.760', 'end': '194.319', 'text': "talking at scale. I'm This is driving me"}, {'start': '192.319', 'end': '196.640', 'text': 'crazy. Oh yeah. When you find these'}, {'start': '194.319', 'end': '199.280', 'text': 'things, do you guys get mad? Do you like'}, {'start': '196.640', 'end': '201.920', 'text': 'Yes, I got one. How does it how does it'}, {'start': '199.280', 'end': '204.159', 'text': "make you feel? It's so common though."}, {'start': '201.920', 'end': '206.080', 'text': "It's so common."}, {'start': '204.159', 'end': '208.400', 'text': 'I mean, you just get so numb to it.'}, {'start': '206.080', 'end': '210.560', 'text': 'Unfortunately, you like the hundth time'}, {'start': '208.400', 'end': '212.799', 'text': "you've heard it, it's hard not to get a"}, {'start': '210.560', 'end': '214.159', 'text': 'little numb. Yeah. You know, but like'}, {'start': '212.799', 'end': '216.000', 'text': "and by the 200th time, you're like,"}, {'start': '214.159', 'end': '218.879', 'text': '"Well, okay. It\'s just another day at'}, {'start': '216.000', 'end': '220.799', 'text': 'the office." We checked um is the Small'}, {'start': '218.879', 'end': '223.599', 'text': 'Business Administration giving loans to'}, {'start': '220.799', 'end': '227.200', 'text': 'dead people, people over the age of 120.'}, {'start': '223.599', 'end': '230.159', 'text': 'Um the answer was yes and uh it was'}, {'start': '227.200', 'end': '231.760', 'text': 'around $330 million in total. So people'}, {'start': '230.159', 'end': '233.680', 'text': 'with a birthday that could not possibly'}, {'start': '231.760', 'end': '236.560', 'text': "be real. Yeah. Meaning they're they're"}, {'start': '233.680', 'end': '239.439', 'text': "over they're 115 years old or older. The"}, {'start': '236.560', 'end': '241.439', 'text': 'oldest living American is 114. So the'}, {'start': '239.439', 'end': '244.239', 'text': 'safe to say if anybody is in in the'}, {'start': '241.439', 'end': '247.920', 'text': 'system as 115 years or older that is'}, {'start': '244.239', 'end': '250.720', 'text': 'fake. So just by sharing a database and'}, {'start': '247.920', 'end': '253.120', 'text': 'looking at social security numbers that'}, {'start': '250.720', 'end': '256.320', 'text': 'showed that at the time of the loan they'}, {'start': '253.120', 'end': '258.079', 'text': 'had listed as over 115 years old or'}, {'start': '256.320', 'end': '260.639', 'text': "actually under 11. We didn't even check"}, {'start': '258.079', 'end': '262.160', 'text': 'for under 18 babies and under 11 years'}, {'start': '260.639', 'end': '264.240', 'text': "old. That's pretty clear. Babies and"}, {'start': '262.160', 'end': '267.199', 'text': 'dead people who were getting loans. That'}, {'start': '264.240', 'end': '269.120', 'text': 'was $660 million.'}, {'start': '267.199', 'end': '272.320', 'text': 'Yeah. And also people with birth dates'}, {'start': '269.120', 'end': '275.199', 'text': 'in the future. What does that mean? Uh'}, {'start': '272.320', 'end': '276.960', 'text': 'well in one I mean I think the like the'}, {'start': '275.199', 'end': '279.120', 'text': 'birth date birth date I think in one'}, {'start': '276.960', 'end': '282.000', 'text': 'case was like fetuses were getting no'}, {'start': '279.120', 'end': '283.080', 'text': "not even no really sort of a a you're"}, {'start': '282.000', 'end': '285.199', 'text': 'talking about like your great'}, {'start': '283.080', 'end': '287.720', 'text': 'grandchildren like with the birth date'}, {'start': '285.199', 'end': '291.280', 'text': 'like of I think it was like'}, {'start': '287.720', 'end': '293.360', 'text': '2165 so more than a century from now was'}, {'start': '291.280', 'end': '295.440', 'text': 'the birthday George Jetson was getting'}, {'start': '293.360', 'end': '297.199', 'text': 'paid. Yes. Because your birthday is in'}, {'start': '295.440', 'end': '300.320', 'text': 'the future, like the far like for the'}, {'start': '297.199', 'end': '302.639', 'text': 'far future, not like next year. And uh'}, {'start': '300.320', 'end': '305.919', 'text': 'we either this is either fraudulent or'}, {'start': '302.639', 'end': '308.400', 'text': "we have your birthday wrong, right? It's"}, {'start': '305.919', 'end': '311.280', 'text': 'either a typo or someone stealing. Which'}, {'start': '308.400', 'end': '313.360', 'text': 'is it? Yes. Yes. You should at least ask'}, {'start': '311.280', 'end': '315.600', 'text': "which is it? Do you guys feel you're"}, {'start': '313.360', 'end': '317.080', 'text': 'getting justice'}, {'start': '315.600', 'end': '319.680', 'text': 'and'}, {'start': '317.080', 'end': '322.320', 'text': 'accountability? One of the uh I think'}, {'start': '319.680', 'end': '324.560', 'text': 'extreme examples of nonattccountability'}, {'start': '322.320', 'end': '326.880', 'text': 'in some cases is has occurred at some of'}, {'start': '324.560', 'end': '329.199', 'text': 'the small agencies. Uh I think the'}, {'start': '326.880', 'end': '332.240', 'text': 'Interamerican Foundation IIAF is one of'}, {'start': '329.199', 'end': '334.240', 'text': 'the agencies we visited where uh you'}, {'start': '332.240', 'end': '336.560', 'text': 'know they get $50 million a year'}, {'start': '334.240', 'end': '338.880', 'text': 'congressional money to give grants.'}, {'start': '336.560', 'end': '341.680', 'text': 'These are things like uh you know Alpaka'}, {'start': '338.880', 'end': '343.120', 'text': "farming in Peru improving that's that's"}, {'start': '341.680', 'end': '344.720', 'text': "a real example. Yes, that's that's a"}, {'start': '343.120', 'end': '348.560', 'text': 'real description. um improving the'}, {'start': '344.720', 'end': '352.800', 'text': 'marketability of peas in Guatemala.'}, {'start': '348.560', 'end': '354.960', 'text': 'Really? Fruit jam. Uh and'}, {'start': '352.800', 'end': '356.800', 'text': 'what? Yeah. And so you might expect, you'}, {'start': '354.960', 'end': '359.680', 'text': 'know, in the private sector, a nonprofit'}, {'start': '356.800', 'end': '362.800', 'text': 'to give, you know, 80 to 90% of their'}, {'start': '359.680', 'end': '364.039', 'text': 'money to grantees. In the case of IIAF,'}, {'start': '362.800', 'end': '366.919', 'text': 'that was'}, {'start': '364.039', 'end': '369.520', 'text': '58%. So the other half goes towards'}, {'start': '366.919', 'end': '372.560', 'text': 'management, travel. What what we find'}, {'start': '369.520', 'end': '373.720', 'text': "exactly I mean to Ethan's example is is"}, {'start': '372.560', 'end': '376.720', 'text': 'that'}, {'start': '373.720', 'end': '380.080', 'text': 'um even if you agreed with with'}, {'start': '376.720', 'end': '381.759', 'text': 'supporting alpaca farmers in Peru um'}, {'start': '380.080', 'end': '384.560', 'text': 'well actually most of the money never'}, {'start': '381.759', 'end': '386.080', 'text': "made it out of DC. Mhm. It's going into"}, {'start': '384.560', 'end': '387.440', 'text': 'the pockets of people in in the'}, {'start': '386.080', 'end': '389.120', 'text': "neighborhood. What percentage didn't"}, {'start': '387.440', 'end': '391.600', 'text': 'even get to Peru? Right. So what'}, {'start': '389.120', 'end': '395.600', 'text': "percentage do you think doesn't even get"}, {'start': '391.600', 'end': '398.319', 'text': "to the destination it's supposed to? Um,"}, {'start': '395.600', 'end': '400.319', 'text': 'I believe the GAO estimates, so this is'}, {'start': '398.319', 'end': '403.360', 'text': 'not our estimate, I believe it was on'}, {'start': '400.319', 'end': '404.720', 'text': 'the order of um, only 10 to 15 cents on'}, {'start': '403.360', 'end': '406.080', 'text': 'the dollar actually gets to the end'}, {'start': '404.720', 'end': '408.639', 'text': 'recipient, whether you agree with that'}, {'start': '406.080', 'end': '411.120', 'text': "cause or not. So, they're just stealing"}, {'start': '408.639', 'end': '412.600', 'text': 'the money before it even gets anywhere.'}, {'start': '411.120', 'end': '415.120', 'text': "There's layers of"}, {'start': '412.600', 'end': '416.639', 'text': "stealing. So, there's like there's the"}, {'start': '415.120', 'end': '418.479', 'text': 'first layer of stealing, second layer of'}, {'start': '416.639', 'end': '421.039', 'text': 'stealing, third layer of stealing,'}, {'start': '418.479', 'end': '422.560', 'text': 'subcontractor, subcontracting the'}, {'start': '421.039', 'end': '423.759', 'text': 'Exactly. contractor, subcontractor,'}, {'start': '422.560', 'end': '426.319', 'text': "subcontractor. It's like peeling an"}, {'start': '423.759', 'end': '428.880', 'text': "onion and then maybe and sometimes it's"}, {'start': '426.319', 'end': '430.000', 'text': 'zero. Uh just black you get to the'}, {'start': '428.880', 'end': '432.560', 'text': "bottom of the onion, there's nothing"}, {'start': '430.000', 'end': '435.039', 'text': 'there. So maybe no one got a sex change'}, {'start': '432.560', 'end': '436.479', 'text': "in Guatemala. It's possible that no one"}, {'start': '435.039', 'end': '439.039', 'text': 'got a sex change in Guatemala. I'}, {'start': '436.479', 'end': '441.599', 'text': 'overheard a contractor um tell one of'}, {'start': '439.039', 'end': '444.639', 'text': 'her colleagues to uh falsify billable'}, {'start': '441.599', 'end': '446.880', 'text': 'hours by creating a PowerPoint to mask a'}, {'start': '444.639', 'end': '449.039', 'text': 'delay in the onboarding process in front'}, {'start': '446.880', 'end': '451.440', 'text': 'of me. And this is like hour zero at'}, {'start': '449.039', 'end': '453.120', 'text': 'this agency. And so I mean this is just'}, {'start': '451.440', 'end': '454.479', 'text': 'a common theme that you take a look at'}, {'start': '453.120', 'end': '456.639', 'text': 'these contracts, you take a look at'}, {'start': '454.479', 'end': '458.319', 'text': "these grants and it's veiled in noble"}, {'start': '456.639', 'end': '460.000', 'text': "rhetoric. You know, it's at the top"}, {'start': '458.319', 'end': '461.599', 'text': "level. It's like it sounds good. Yeah."}, {'start': '460.000', 'end': '463.680', 'text': 'It sounds amazing. And then you actually'}, {'start': '461.599', 'end': '465.520', 'text': 'just follow what is the what are the'}, {'start': '463.680', 'end': '468.160', 'text': 'funds actually doing or send us a'}, {'start': '465.520', 'end': '471.039', 'text': 'picture. Exactly. And the send us a'}, {'start': '468.160', 'end': '473.840', 'text': 'picture request is incredibly good at'}, {'start': '471.039', 'end': '475.199', 'text': "like pixel it didn't happen and then"}, {'start': '473.840', 'end': '476.479', 'text': "then they're like and it wouldn't be"}, {'start': '475.199', 'end': '478.639', 'text': 'that hard to just frankly they could'}, {'start': '476.479', 'end': '480.240', 'text': 'search for for some fake pics on the'}, {'start': '478.639', 'end': '481.919', 'text': 'internet or get AI to generate the pics'}, {'start': '480.240', 'end': '484.400', 'text': "but they don't even bother doing that."}, {'start': '481.919', 'end': '488.319', 'text': 'So you you caught them cold billing'}, {'start': '484.400', 'end': '489.680', 'text': 'fraud. Oh I caught them um her advising'}, {'start': '488.319', 'end': '492.720', 'text': 'her colleague to do this because it'}, {'start': '489.680', 'end': '494.080', 'text': 'takes a few days to onboard. Um so that'}, {'start': '492.720', 'end': '496.560', 'text': 'is being investigated right now. Yeah.'}, {'start': '494.080', 'end': '498.160', 'text': 'Yeah, I mean generally like like these'}, {'start': '496.560', 'end': '500.160', 'text': 'programs, these grants are going to be'}, {'start': '498.160', 'end': '502.560', 'text': 'like along the lines of save the baby'}, {'start': '500.160', 'end': '504.599', 'text': "pandas and it's like well of course who"}, {'start': '502.560', 'end': '507.840', 'text': "wouldn't want to save the baby pandas."}, {'start': '504.599', 'end': '510.879', 'text': 'Um and um and you know in some cases'}, {'start': '507.840', 'end': '512.240', 'text': "they've got uh a a show panda which they"}, {'start': '510.879', 'end': '514.159', 'text': 'will they will try out for special'}, {'start': '512.240', 'end': '516.240', 'text': "occasions. In a lot of cases they don't"}, {'start': '514.159', 'end': '518.719', 'text': 'even have a show panda. No panda.'}, {'start': '516.240', 'end': '521.519', 'text': "There's not even one panda because we"}, {'start': '518.719', 'end': '523.599', 'text': "asked for pictures and um we don't even"}, {'start': '521.519', 'end': '525.680', 'text': 'get one panda. And he\'s like, "Well, you'}, {'start': '523.599', 'end': '527.440', 'text': "gotta Well, that's a lot. You know,"}, {'start': '525.680', 'end': '528.560', 'text': "what's what's what does a billion"}, {'start': '527.440', 'end': '530.399', 'text': 'dollars get you? It does not even get'}, {'start': '528.560', 'end': '533.680', 'text': 'you one panda. You really want to see a'}, {'start': '530.399', 'end': '535.040', 'text': 'baby panda?" Yeah. That Well, like, you'}, {'start': '533.680', 'end': '536.640', 'text': "know, like the Ebola money. We're like,"}, {'start': '535.040', 'end': '538.800', 'text': '"Okay, well, we agree with like we'}, {'start': '536.640', 'end': '540.640', 'text': "shouldn't have Ebola, you know. Um,"}, {'start': '538.800', 'end': '543.440', 'text': "where is the money going? Oh, it's going"}, {'start': '540.640', 'end': '546.560', 'text': 'to deote in DC." Like, what is an'}, {'start': '543.440', 'end': '550.399', 'text': 'accounting firm doing with Ebola money?'}, {'start': '546.560', 'end': '552.480', 'text': 'What has been the biggest resistance? Is'}, {'start': '550.399', 'end': '555.000', 'text': 'there one agency? Is there one'}, {'start': '552.480', 'end': '559.120', 'text': 'department that when you guys walk'}, {'start': '555.000', 'end': '560.320', 'text': 'in, they all start fighting you, start'}, {'start': '559.120', 'end': '563.480', 'text': "hiding? I thought you weren't going to"}, {'start': '560.320', 'end': '566.880', 'text': "talk. I'm"}, {'start': '563.480', 'end': '569.519', 'text': 'sorry. Uh, but I guess you can answer'}, {'start': '566.880', 'end': '570.959', 'text': "that question. Sure. I mean, let's let's"}, {'start': '569.519', 'end': '574.320', 'text': "Yes, we've we've certainly had some"}, {'start': '570.959', 'end': '576.160', 'text': 'battles. Battles? Yeah. Yeah. Um, I'}, {'start': '574.320', 'end': '578.959', 'text': 'mean, yeah. Who should talk about'}, {'start': '576.160', 'end': '580.560', 'text': 'Yousef? Oh, Nate. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. So,'}, {'start': '578.959', 'end': '582.160', 'text': "Jesse, there's there's an agency, a"}, {'start': '580.560', 'end': '584.320', 'text': 'small agency called the United States'}, {'start': '582.160', 'end': '585.680', 'text': 'Institute of Peace. Um, it was'}, {'start': '584.320', 'end': '588.320', 'text': 'definitely the agency we had the most'}, {'start': '585.680', 'end': '590.320', 'text': 'fight at. Um, we actually went into the'}, {'start': '588.320', 'end': '592.560', 'text': 'agency and found they had loaded guns'}, {'start': '590.320', 'end': '594.800', 'text': 'inside of their headquarters. Institute'}, {'start': '592.560', 'end': '596.399', 'text': 'for Peace. I mean, any given company,'}, {'start': '594.800', 'end': '597.760', 'text': 'any given organizational name is going'}, {'start': '596.399', 'end': '600.480', 'text': 'to be kind of be the opposite of the'}, {'start': '597.760', 'end': '602.399', 'text': 'title, right? Yeah. Yeah. And so, it was'}, {'start': '600.480', 'end': '604.640', 'text': 'the by far the least peaceful agency'}, {'start': '602.399', 'end': '606.240', 'text': "that we've worked with. Um, ironically,"}, {'start': '604.640', 'end': '607.440', 'text': 'of course. Um, additionally, we found'}, {'start': '606.240', 'end': '610.120', 'text': 'that they were spending money on things'}, {'start': '607.440', 'end': '612.320', 'text': 'like private jets and they even had a'}, {'start': '610.120', 'end': '614.399', 'text': '$130,000 contract with a former member'}, {'start': '612.320', 'end': '615.920', 'text': 'of the Taliban. This is this is real. We'}, {'start': '614.399', 'end': '619.519', 'text': "don't encounter that at most agencies."}, {'start': '615.920', 'end': '621.760', 'text': 'Yeah. What was the money going to the'}, {'start': '619.519', 'end': '624.560', 'text': 'Taliban for? So, it was a contractor.'}, {'start': '621.760', 'end': '626.000', 'text': 'Uh, they received $130,000 for generic'}, {'start': '624.560', 'end': '627.519', 'text': "services. And to Elon's point, there was"}, {'start': '626.000', 'end': '629.839', 'text': 'not actually a clear description of what'}, {'start': '627.519', 'end': '635.519', 'text': 'the contractor services were for. Was it'}, {'start': '629.839', 'end': '638.959', 'text': 'for opium? Uh, unclear. or or weapons'}, {'start': '635.519', 'end': '640.560', 'text': 'um or nothing or or nothing or or abroad'}, {'start': '638.959', 'end': '642.160', 'text': 'or yeah nothing and you naturally have'}, {'start': '640.560', 'end': '643.519', 'text': 'to ask the question how did we get here'}, {'start': '642.160', 'end': '645.680', 'text': 'like when the country was founded there'}, {'start': '643.519', 'end': '648.079', 'text': 'were only four agencies um today there'}, {'start': '645.680', 'end': '649.440', 'text': "are over 400 so there's been a 100x"}, {'start': '648.079', 'end': '651.839', 'text': 'increase in the number of agencies since'}, {'start': '649.440', 'end': '653.440', 'text': 'the founding of the nation and thanks to'}, {'start': '651.839', 'end': '654.959', 'text': "President Trump he's now signed two"}, {'start': '653.440', 'end': '656.320', 'text': 'executive orders to start to reduce the'}, {'start': '654.959', 'end': '657.519', 'text': 'number of agencies in the government and'}, {'start': '656.320', 'end': '659.040', 'text': 'the Institute of Peace was one of them'}, {'start': '657.519', 'end': '660.560', 'text': 'which is why our team went in to try and'}, {'start': '659.040', 'end': '662.240', 'text': "understand what was going on and that's"}, {'start': '660.560', 'end': '664.640', 'text': 'when we found all of the craziness like'}, {'start': '662.240', 'end': '668.880', 'text': 'the weapons in their armory. We found'}, {'start': '664.640', 'end': '671.680', 'text': 'the payments to the Taliban. Okay.'}, {'start': '668.880', 'end': '673.120', 'text': 'Oh, yeah. To try to hide the evidence,'}, {'start': '671.680', 'end': '674.399', 'text': 'right? So, just a few hours after we got'}, {'start': '673.120', 'end': '675.760', 'text': 'into their headquarters, we found that'}, {'start': '674.399', 'end': '677.440', 'text': 'their chief accountant had actually'}, {'start': '675.760', 'end': '679.200', 'text': 'deleted over a terabyte of accounting'}, {'start': '677.440', 'end': '680.240', 'text': "records from several years. So, you'd"}, {'start': '679.200', 'end': '681.760', 'text': 'have to ask the question, well, why'}, {'start': '680.240', 'end': '683.120', 'text': 'would somebody do that? And the Doge'}, {'start': '681.760', 'end': '684.480', 'text': 'team fortunately was able to recover'}, {'start': '683.120', 'end': '686.880', 'text': 'that data with the help of a few great'}, {'start': '684.480', 'end': '688.399', 'text': 'employees at the Institute of Peace. Um,'}, {'start': '686.880', 'end': '690.720', 'text': 'and I think the most troubling thing was'}, {'start': '688.399', 'end': '692.160', 'text': 'they received $55 million a year from'}, {'start': '690.720', 'end': '693.920', 'text': 'Congress. and any money that went'}, {'start': '692.160', 'end': '695.519', 'text': 'unspent, instead of returning that to'}, {'start': '693.920', 'end': '697.440', 'text': 'Congress, they would sweep it into a'}, {'start': '695.519', 'end': '699.200', 'text': 'private bank account, which had no'}, {'start': '697.440', 'end': '700.720', 'text': "congressional oversight, and that's what"}, {'start': '699.200', 'end': '702.800', 'text': 'they would use to fund things like'}, {'start': '700.720', 'end': '704.720', 'text': 'events at their headquarters and the'}, {'start': '702.800', 'end': '707.120', 'text': "private jets. And so, I think it's a"}, {'start': '704.720', 'end': '708.560', 'text': 'great example because most Americans'}, {'start': '707.120', 'end': '710.160', 'text': "don't know what's going on at a lot of"}, {'start': '708.560', 'end': '711.760', 'text': 'these smaller agencies. And this is, I'}, {'start': '710.160', 'end': '714.560', 'text': 'think, the most extreme case of some of'}, {'start': '711.760', 'end': '716.560', 'text': "the um wasteful spend that we're"}, {'start': '714.560', 'end': '718.959', 'text': 'finding. So, the agencies are hiding'}, {'start': '716.560', 'end': '719.640', 'text': "money from you. They're sending it to"}, {'start': '718.959', 'end': '722.880', 'text': 'the'}, {'start': '719.640', 'end': '724.959', 'text': 'Taliban. They have loaded weapons in the'}, {'start': '722.880', 'end': '727.120', 'text': 'department buildings at the Institute of'}, {'start': '724.959', 'end': '729.519', 'text': 'Peace. At the Institute of Peace. Yes,'}, {'start': '727.120', 'end': '732.000', 'text': "that's right. So, this is a cover up"}, {'start': '729.519', 'end': '734.079', 'text': 'when you guys roll in. This one? Yes,'}, {'start': '732.000', 'end': '736.160', 'text': "cover up. Yes, it's a cover. Can we They"}, {'start': '734.079', 'end': '739.120', 'text': 'did delete a vast amount of financial'}, {'start': '736.160', 'end': '741.200', 'text': "information. That's really a definition"}, {'start': '739.120', 'end': '744.399', 'text': "of a cover up. Isn't that illegal to"}, {'start': '741.200', 'end': '745.839', 'text': 'delete evidence? Yes. Shred documents?'}, {'start': '744.399', 'end': '748.160', 'text': "It is. It's It's certainly illegal to"}, {'start': '745.839', 'end': '749.600', 'text': 'delete accounting records that the that'}, {'start': '748.160', 'end': '750.880', 'text': 'Congress would certainly want to know'}, {'start': '749.600', 'end': '752.959', 'text': 'where the congressionally appropriated'}, {'start': '750.880', 'end': '755.440', 'text': 'funds are going from from taxpayers.'}, {'start': '752.959', 'end': '756.680', 'text': 'When you catch them going Hillary style'}, {'start': '755.440', 'end': '758.959', 'text': 'on their'}, {'start': '756.680', 'end': '760.880', 'text': 'computers, do you refer this to the'}, {'start': '758.959', 'end': '762.560', 'text': 'Department of Justice? In this case, we'}, {'start': '760.880', 'end': '765.279', 'text': 'did refer the evidence in the accounting'}, {'start': '762.560', 'end': '768.160', 'text': 'example to the FBI and DOJ. Um, and we'}, {'start': '765.279', 'end': '770.480', 'text': 'were proud to do that. Um, so yes, we'}, {'start': '768.160', 'end': '772.639', 'text': 'did. Resistance has shown up in some'}, {'start': '770.480', 'end': '775.360', 'text': 'very surprising places. So for example,'}, {'start': '772.639', 'end': '777.279', 'text': 'the famous fork in the road email, the'}, {'start': '775.360', 'end': '779.680', 'text': 'deferred resignation program. So this'}, {'start': '777.279', 'end': '781.279', 'text': 'was a program where you could resign'}, {'start': '779.680', 'end': '783.240', 'text': 'from the government, collect pay and'}, {'start': '781.279', 'end': '786.320', 'text': 'benefits for the next 8'}, {'start': '783.240', 'end': '789.160', 'text': 'months. Uh probably the most attractive'}, {'start': '786.320', 'end': '791.680', 'text': 'separation program ever in human'}, {'start': '789.160', 'end': '794.720', 'text': 'history. And the resistance actually'}, {'start': '791.680', 'end': '796.480', 'text': 'came from the outside with people saying'}, {'start': '794.720', 'end': '798.399', 'text': 'this is a trick. And I heard somebody'}, {'start': '796.480', 'end': '801.279', 'text': 'refer to it as an apple with a razor'}, {'start': '798.399', 'end': '804.800', 'text': 'blade. And no, this was just a really'}, {'start': '801.279', 'end': '807.120', 'text': 'juicy apple, caramel dipped apple. It it'}, {'start': '804.800', 'end': '809.440', 'text': 'it was that good, but people were talked'}, {'start': '807.120', 'end': '811.920', 'text': 'out of out of taking it. And uh now what'}, {'start': '809.440', 'end': '814.000', 'text': 'started to happen is we did have about'}, {'start': '811.920', 'end': '816.160', 'text': '80,000 people take it. And now those'}, {'start': '814.000', 'end': '817.839', 'text': 'folks who did take it are on the beach'}, {'start': '816.160', 'end': '819.680', 'text': "or they've moved on to a new job and"}, {'start': '817.839', 'end': '822.000', 'text': "they're still getting paid. And so now"}, {'start': '819.680', 'end': '824.000', 'text': "we're starting to offer fork two and"}, {'start': '822.000', 'end': '825.680', 'text': 'fork three where people can see that'}, {'start': '824.000', 'end': '827.360', 'text': "someone's eaten this apple and it was"}, {'start': '825.680', 'end': '830.240', 'text': 'actually really tasty and good for them.'}, {'start': '827.360', 'end': '833.360', 'text': 'Is Doge just getting started? Is this is'}, {'start': '830.240', 'end': '835.600', 'text': "a long-term enterprise? It's a long-term"}, {'start': '833.360', 'end': '837.279', 'text': 'enterprise because if if we take our eye'}, {'start': '835.600', 'end': '839.880', 'text': 'off the ball, the waste and fraud will'}, {'start': '837.279', 'end': '843.360', 'text': 'come roaring back. They can'}, {'start': '839.880', 'end': '845.720', 'text': 'doge when Democrats get back in power.'}, {'start': '843.360', 'end': '848.040', 'text': 'Uh yeah.'}, {'start': '845.720', 'end': '850.720', 'text': 'Um yeah.'}, {'start': '848.040', 'end': '853.279', 'text': 'Well, I think some of the things that'}, {'start': '850.720', 'end': '856.240', 'text': "like we're trying to have it be such"}, {'start': '853.279', 'end': '858.079', 'text': 'that the the funding is is removed, so'}, {'start': '856.240', 'end': '861.279', 'text': "the grants are gone. So there's it that"}, {'start': '858.079', 'end': '864.959', 'text': "there's a lot of work required to"}, {'start': '861.279', 'end': '866.720', 'text': 'restart the waste and fraud and uh and'}, {'start': '864.959', 'end': '869.040', 'text': 'that that will at least slow it down.'}, {'start': '866.720', 'end': '870.959', 'text': 'Click here to subscribe to the Fox News'}, {'start': '869.040', 'end': '873.279', 'text': 'YouTube page to catch our hottest'}, {'start': '870.959', 'end': '876.800', 'text': 'interviews and most compelling analysis.'}, {'start': '873.279', 'end': '876.800', 'text': "You won't get it anywhere else."}]