Washington, D.C. — Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, has expanded an investigation of DOGE-related data leaks at the Social Security Administration after new, credible whistleblower reporting indicates that a former employee of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) remains in possession of Americans’ personally identifiable Social Security information on a personal device and may also have the ability to remotely manipulate millions of Americans’ Social Security data. Following months of encouragement from Committee Democrats, the Social Security Office of Inspector General has confirmed to the Committee it has launched an investigation.
“The deeply disturbing whistleblower information obtained by the Committee shows the Trump Administration’s callous disregard for the safety and security of Americans’ most sensitive information. Not only has an ex-DOGE bro been accused of running around with the social security information of every American on a flash drive, he also may have the ability to edit and manipulate data at the Social Security Administration at will. This is dangerous and outrageous, and Oversight Committee Democrats will fight for transparency and accountability,” said Ranking Member Robert Garcia.
Ranking Member Robert Garcia has demanded an independent SSA OIG investigation, briefings, and transcribed interviews:
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The Ranking Member called on the Social Security Administration’s Office of Inspector General (SSA OIG) to launch a comprehensive, independent investigation and report its findings to the Committee, writing, “Given the Trump Administration’s demonstrated inability to adequately protect the sensitive data with which Americans entrust SSA and refusal to account for its failures, I request that you provide a briefing to the Committee related to the potential unauthorized access, use, manipulation, exfiltration, or sharing of government data derived from SSA as of January 20, 2025.”
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Separately, in a letter to the Social Security Administration, Ranking Member Garcia wrote, “I request that you provide a staff level briefing no later than March 23, 2026, related to DOGE’s access to Americans’ data, SSA’s efforts to understand and make public the extent of this access, and any potential misuse, manipulation, or inappropriate sharing of that data.”
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Ranking Member Garcia also demanded that several former DOGE employees believed to have knowledge of the alleged possession of Americans’ Social Security information “contact Committee Democratic staff by March 23, 2026, to schedule a transcribed interview to clarify the facts surrounding DOGE use of Americans’ sensitive data.”
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