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Whistleblower responds after DOJ says DOGE mishandled data

Season 2026 Episode 23 | 9m 18s

The Social Security Administration says members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team working at the agency accessed and shared sensitive data. The latest disclosure from the Trump administration seemed to confirm some key concerns first raised in a whistleblower complaint filed by the agency’s chief data officer, Chuck Borges. Amna Nawaz spoke with Borges and his lawyer, Debra Katz.

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