Paying to Fire and Rehire — Audit finding
Entities and roles
- America First Audit — Paying to Fire and Rehireaudit case
- Donald J. Trumpcomparison subject
Claims and evidence
- analysisdocumented
Paid leave, back pay, rehiring, and lost productivity are documented cost mechanisms that contradict a pure-savings account of the workforce campaign; the $135 billion estimate is useful for scale only with its modeling limits attached.
- Roll Call Factbase: Donald Trump Campaign Rally in Detroit, MichiganTranscript search: 'working with Elon Musk' and 'cut trillions'
- U.S. Office of Personnel Management: Original Email to Employees: Fork in the RoadDeferred resignation terms and FAQ link
- CBS News: DOGE says it has saved $160 billion. Those cuts have cost taxpayers $135 billion, one analysis saysPartnership estimate and included-cost description
- Associated Press: Federal agency asks hundreds of workers fired by DOGE to returnOpening section and GSA response
- Associated Press: Federal agency asks hundreds of workers fired by DOGE to returnGSA statement
- CBS News: DOGE says it has saved $160 billion. Those cuts have cost taxpayers $135 billion, one analysis saysWhite House response following the Partnership model description