Doge overstated claims to have saved Americans $110bn, watchdog finds

The Government Accountability Office has released a report finding that the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), a non-official government body that operated during President Trump's second term, significantly overstated its claimed savings of $110 billion in taxpayer money. The watchdog determined that many of Doge's reported savings were either incorrect or unsupported by evidence, with 96% of calculations lacking sufficient verification methods. Specific problems included counting lease terminations that were already underway before Doge existed and claiming savings from contracts that were never actually cancelled, such as a $1.