Musk: We ‘Try’ to Inform Congress as Much as We Can, But Law Says Money Can’t Be Wasted, Has to Be ‘Spent Correctly’

During an interview aired on Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” DOGE’s Elon Musk said that the department tries to keep Congress “as informed as possible” on what it’s doing “But the law does say that money needs to be spent correctly. It should not be spent fraudulently or wastefully. It’s not contrary to Congress to avoid waste and fraud. It is consistent with the law and consistent with Congress.”

Host Bret Baier asked, [relevant exchange begins around 5:00] “[T]he process still involves Congress, right, at some level?”

Musk answered, “We try to keep Congress as informed as possible. But the law does say that money needs to be spent correctly. It should not be spent fraudulently or wastefully. It’s not contrary

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