{"id":2403157,"date":"2025-02-16T11:12:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T16:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-musk-cracked-the-code-to-swamp-fraud-excess-spending-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-16T11:12:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T16:12:55","slug":"mike-johnson-musk-cracked-the-code-to-swamp-fraud-excess-spending-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-musk-cracked-the-code-to-swamp-fraud-excess-spending-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Johnson: Musk \u2018cracked the code\u2019 to swamp fraud, excess spending &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmike-johnson-musk-cracked-the-code-to-swamp-fraud-excess-spending-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2403157&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>House Speaker Mike Johnson recently praised Elon Musk\u200b for his role in identifying and\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-not-over-yet-kari-lake-files-74-page-lawsuit-against-katie-hobbs-election-officials\/\" title=\"Kari Lake sues Katie Hobbs and officials in 74-page lawsuit.\">addressing issues related<\/a> too \u2063government overspending and fraud. Johnson asserted\u200d that the oversight of federal expenditures has been impeded by \u2062bureaucratic resistance, making it difficult\u2064 for Congress to obtain necessary data. He highlighted MuskS involvement in uncovering excessive spending, such as a nearly $459,000 subscription fee for the Environmental Protection Agency&#8217;s membership with Politico.<\/p>\n<p>Musk&#8217;s efforts are seen as crucial in &#8220;cracking the code&#8221; of government inefficiencies, allowing for a \u200drevival of what \u2063Johnson describes as\u200d the original intent of the U.S. Constitution \u2014 a\u2064 leaner federal government with \u2062tighter oversight. During a recent\u2062 meeting between Johnson and Musk, \u200dthey discussed their shared goals of reducing bureaucratic size and restoring accountability within the federal government. Johnson emphasized that these revelations \u200dcould threaten the interests of \u200cthe &#8220;big \u200dgovernment&#8221; liberals, who fear the impact of exposing such spending practices.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Mike Johnson: Musk &lsquo;cracked the code&rsquo; to swamp fraud, excess spending<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1991497\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Washington&rsquo;s secret code to overspending, steering tax dollars to liberal allies, and fattening the federal bureaucracy is finally being revealed by President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s DOGE team after decades of stonewalling oversight efforts, according to House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mike Johnson.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The challenge we&rsquo;ve had here in recent decades is that members of Congress, these representatives, have not been able to do that job. The oversight job has been hindered because the deep state in the bureaucracy has not turned over the data,&rdquo; Johnson said Saturday night on Fox&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/shows\/life-liberty-levin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><em>Life, Liberty and Levin<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3292730\/all-executive-orders-actions-trump-first-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FULL LIST OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS, ACTIONS, AND PROCLAMATIONS TRUMP HAS MADE AS PRESIDENT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They wouldn&rsquo;t give us the information we were seeking. We didn&rsquo;t know all this because it was hidden,&rdquo; Johnson told host Mark Levin.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ElonMusk<\/a> is doing is truly revolutionary. As the DOGE algorithms find widespread fraud, waste, and abuse in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-say-overhaul-needed-to-protect-fed-agencies-from-foreign-hacks\/\" title=\"Lawmakers Say Overhaul Needed to Protect Fed Agencies from Foreign Hacks\">executive branch agencies<\/a> that have been hidden from Congress for decades&mdash;it will allow us to restore the original intent of our Constitution: a leaner, more&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/917mn60MCX\">pic.twitter.com\/917mn60MCX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerJohnson\/status\/1890990498157912466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>But with Trump&rsquo;s pledge to &ldquo;drain the swamp&rdquo; and his appointment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Elon-Musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a> as the head of the &ldquo;Department of Government Efficiency,&rdquo; those expenses and costs are rolling out, revealing absurd spending such as the Environmental Protection Agency&rsquo;s excessive $458,919 subscription bill from <em>Politico<\/em> to the millions of dollars to politically connected liberal groups.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Elon has cracked the code,&rdquo; Johnson said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EPA will not be renewing our membership with Politico and Politico E&amp;E, saving the American taxpayers $458,919 per year.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lee Zeldin (@epaleezeldin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/epaleezeldin\/status\/1889381222750572875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He is on the inside of the belly of the beast, Mark, and he is unveiling and revealing all these things that we knew intuitively were happening but we didn&rsquo;t have the evidence,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a game changer. It is truly revolutionary,&rdquo; said Johnson.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The impossibly rich lifestyle of DC liberals, funded by YOU the taxpayer, without your consent or approval. This is how they live, and the receipts prove it.<\/p>\n<p>USAID, the NEA, and other <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">taxpayer-funded programs issue billions<\/a> of dollars in grants. John and Jane, or Pete and Pete,&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qwq2o2GusA\">pic.twitter.com\/qwq2o2GusA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cernovich (@Cernovich) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cernovich\/status\/1890870911533977989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>The speaker said that he met with Musk on Monday to cheer him on and provide congressional budget cutters with evidence so that they could chip away at the size of the bureaucracy and bring it more in line with what he believes the founders wanted.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I said, &lsquo;You think of this as a scientist and a data analyst. I think of it as a constitutional law attorney and historian. Elon, what we are going to be able to do through this effort is restore the original intent of the framers of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Constitution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Constitution<\/a>. What they had in mind is a small federal government that was closely monitored and had heavy oversight by the duly elected representatives of the people,&rsquo;&rdquo; said Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to restore, ultimately, through this process, the federal government to the original intent of the Founders. And that&rsquo;s what has the big government, socialist liberals, and Democrat Party apoplectic because they&rsquo;re afraid of what the final result of this is going to be,&rdquo; he added with a smile.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1991497\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1991497\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Johnson: Musk has revealed the secrets of government waste<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2403158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Musk-Levin-Johnson-scaled-1024x684.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50467,34218,4250,50466,32076],"class_list":["post-2403157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-excess-spending","tag-mike-johnson","tag-musk","tag-swamp-fraud","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Musk-Levin-Johnson-scaled-1024x684.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2403157"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2403161,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403157\/revisions\/2403161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2403158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2403157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2403157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2403157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}