Republicans Tout Fraud-Prevention Numbers to Reinforce Trump's Myth of Managerial Mastery
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Accounts spotlight Treasury’s claim that almost $100 million was stopped from reaching deceased payees, crediting Trump’s executive order as proof he alone fixes government waste. The selective statistic is used to craft a hero narrative that inflates routine administrative improvements into evidence of near-magical competence.
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Accounts spotlight Treasury’s claim that almost $100 million was stopped from reaching deceased payees, crediting Trump’s executive order as proof he alone fixes government waste. The selective statistic is used to craft a hero narrative that inflates routine administrative improvements into evidence of near-magical competence.
Treasury hails success of anti-fraud process that flagged and prevented $99.... The verification system includes screening 885 million federal payments against expanded death
Congressman Ron Estes, is anything going to be done about finding out who was cashing those monthly checks and recovering all that money?
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Treasury hails success of anti-fraud process that flagged and prevented $99.... The verification system includes screening 885 million federal payments against expanded death
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/115519726463094783?trk=article.... Trump suggests $2,000 payments to 85%
Treasury's anti-fraud, anti-waste efforts flag $99M in payments headed to dead.... The catch was made as part of Treasury’s new verification process in response to an executive order
Treasury intercepts nearly $99M in federal payments to deceased individuals.... The U.S. Department of the Treasury has prevented nearly $99 million in federal payments from being
Treasury says it flagged $99M in payments linked to dead people. The flagged payments were returned to federal agencies for review before any funds were sent,
Like FBI on terrorism after 9-11, Trump is pressing feds to stop fraudulent payments beforehand. The Treasury Department, via its Bureau of the Fiscal Service, recently screened over 885 million payments totaling about
Treasury Blocks $99M In Improper Payments To Deceased Individuals. In February 2026, Congress passed, and Trump signed, the Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People
Bessent: Treasury Department Just Blocked $100 Million in Payments to Dead.... The federal government has been mailing checks to dead people for years, and Treasury Secretary
Who was cashing the checks
That actually makes sense. If the average social security check is $2,000. That would be 49,500 people 990 per state. That would be a reasonable number of deaths in the United States in 30 to 60 days. Those checks are stopped immediately upon receipt of a death notice from a funeral home. And if this is actual fraud it is a very easy audit. Who’s cashing those checks? Who’s withdrawing those funds? Easy audit. But you will see no prosecutions because the intent of these posts to excite the shallow thinkers.
Trump’s IRS chief reveals scrub of Social Security database found 10% of recipie.... Access to the SSA’s so-called “Full Death Master File,” which was granted in a federal law passed in
Thats just trump funneling more money
Who was cashing the checks?
Who was cashing the checks?
IRS Chief Bisignano Touts $99M in Payments Stopped. As part of its broader effort to reduce fraud, abuse, and improper payments, the Trump administration has focused on a seemingly straightforward
Dead people need money too. How else do you expect them to get to the polls to vote???
Congressman Ron Estes, is anything going to be done about finding out who was cashing those monthly checks and recovering all that money?
Congressman Ron Estes, is anything going to be done about finding out who was cashing those monthly checks and recovering all that money?