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DOGE’s Federal Data Dragnet: Access Was Real, Broad, and Poorly Controlled

Verdicts: 3 True, 1 Mostly True

DOGE accessed at least 12 agencies’ sensitive databases over 18 months. Multiple IG investigations confirmed mishandling. One D.C. case is now in discovery.

The $1.776 Billion Anti-Weaponization Fund: Where the Money Comes From, Where It Goes, and What’s Legal

Verdicts: 3 True, 1 Mostly True, 1 Mixed

Trump created a $1.776B taxpayer fund to compensate allies he says Biden ‘wronged’ — funded by a permanent Treasury account, overseen by his own appointees, with Jan. 6 defendants eligible to claim.

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