Elon Musk, President Donald Trump’s leader of the Department of Government Efficiency, has made a startling discovery, saying there are more than 100,000 active federal employees illegally receiving unemployment benefits.
The DOGE chief revealed the stunning figure Saturday to Lara Trump, host of “My View” on Fox News.
“We’ve actually found there’s a lot of people who are federal government employees, that are active employees, who nonetheless have applied for and received unemployment insurance,” Musk explained.
“While they are federal employees,” an incredulous Trump responded.
“Yes, and this appears to be at least 100,000 people,” Musk continued.
“Wow!” Trump said.
WTF?! Elon Musk revealed that DOGE discovered ***100,000*** federal workers who applied for and received unemployment benefits while they were working
That’s called FRAUD.
WE NEED ARRESTS! pic.twitter.com/be7wdD61g1
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 5, 2025
Online journalist Nick Sortor reacted with outrage: “That’s called FRAUD. WE NEED ARRESTS!”
“This is INSANELY easy to prove. DOJ just needs to make a move,” he added. “These arrests are layups.”
“I’m really, really hoping I’m proven wrong but I’m starting to lose hope that this DOJ is ever going to make any significant arrests for corruption, voter fraud, etc.”
Matt Van Swol, a former nuclear scientist for the U.S. Department of Energy, noted: “They actually received unemployment benefits from the government while also working???
“That is the definition of fraudulent payments. Needs to be investigated … but where the hell is Pam Bondi?!”
Last month, as WorldNetDaily reported, Musk revealed more unemployment fraud discovered by DOGE, including thousands of recipients over 115 years old, between one and five years old, and with birth dates more than 15 years in the future.
An initial survey of Unemployment Insurance claims since 2020 revealed the following:
– 24.5k people over 115 years old claimed $59M in benefits
– 28k people between 1 and 5 years old claimed $254M in benefits
– 9.7k people with birth dates over 15 years in the future claimed…— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) April 10, 2025
“Your tax dollars were going to pay fraudulent unemployment claims for fake people born in the future! This is so crazy that I had to read it several times before it sank in,” Musk said at the time.
“This is another incredible discovery by the DOGE team, finding nearly $400 million in fraudulent unemployment payments,” Department of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer told Fox News Digital regarding the April disclosure.
“The Labor Department is committed to recovering Americans’ stolen tax dollars. We will catch these thieves and keep working to root out egregious fraud – accountability is here.”
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DOGE uncovers people who HAVEN’T BEEN BORN demanding unemployment
