The Government Accountability Office (which is within the legislative branch, not the executive, thank goodness) has a solid report out today, concluding that DOGE’s supposed hundreds of billions of dollars in federal savings were not what Elon Musk & Co. claimed.

The Washington Post summarizes:

Though Musk aimed to cut $2 trillion in federal spending, even by DOGE’s own estimates it fell well short. A sporadically updated website tallying its cuts in a “Wall of Receipts” stated that its initiatives had saved $215 billion. The GAO examined $110 billion of this claimed savings that derived from contracts, grants and leases.

Though Musk aimed to cut $2 trillion in federal spending, even by DOGE’s own estimates it fell well short. A sporadically updated website tallying its cuts in a “Wall of Receipts” stated that its initiatives had saved $215 billion.

The GAO examined $110 billion of this claimed savings that derived from contracts, grants and leases.

However, only a fraction of that figure was derived from anything real:

DOGE’s “Wall........

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