Bondi on Feds Blocking DOGE Audits: They're Afraid of What We'll Find
Attorney General Pam Bondi stated on Sunday that concerns over what the Department of Government Efficiency could uncover are fueling attempts to halt its in-depth review of federal spending mismanagement.
Last week, in response to a lawsuit from 19 states, a federal judge issued a ruling preventing the advisory committee led by Elon Musk from accessing Treasury Department documents, as reported by NBC.
“I have never heard of such a thing in my life, but you know, it is not unexpected given the two-tiered system of justice that we’re facing in this country,” Bondi remarked during an interview with Fox News.
Pam Bondi says Elon Musk and DOGE are doing a great job and that the reason they don’t want anyone looking into things like treasury payments is because they are afraid. pic.twitter.com/Fgm3IFxKso
— Insurrection Barbie (@DefiyantlyFree) February 9, 2025
“What Elon Musk has been doing at DOGE is remarkable,” she continued.
“He is such a good man. He is a good friend, and he is doing this for the right reasons.”
“There’s a reason that the people at Treasury don’t want the secretary of the treasury nor DOGE to have those records,” she explained.
What happens is that those who want the government corruption & waste to continue will shop around the country for an activist judge to do their bidding.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 10, 2025
It is an undemocratic and unconstitutional power grab by a tiny group of radical leftists! https://t.co/h3oLocEuoB
“There was a reason at USAID they did not want anyone to have those records,” she added, referencing DOGE’s findings that exposed financial mismanagement within USAID, which led to a major overhaul of the agency, including significant staff reductions.
“We found out at USAID they’re giving $1.5 million to Serbia for transgenders. They’re giving over a million dollars, I think, to Guatemala for sex changes. This is not going to happen with Americans’ tax dollars any longer, and we’re going to find out who you are, and it’s going to stop,” she declared.
In a separate Sunday interview, Trump also expressed his opposition to the judge’s ruling.
“I disagree with it 100 percent. I think it’s crazy,” Trump stated, according to Fox News.
Trump emphasized the need to cut wasteful government expenditures.
“And we have to solve the efficiency problem. We have to solve the fraud, waste, abuse, all the things that have gone into the government. You take a look at the USAID, the kind of fraud in there,” Trump said.
Vice President J.D. Vance also criticized the ruling, arguing it was legally unsound.
If a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that would be illegal.
— JD Vance (@JDVance) February 9, 2025
If a judge tried to command the attorney general in how to use her discretion as a prosecutor, that's also illegal.
Judges aren't allowed to control the executive's legitimate power.
“If a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that would be illegal. If a judge tried to command the attorney general in how to use her discretion as a prosecutor, that’s also illegal. Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power,” Vance posted on X.