Musk Claims DOGE Inquiry Caused Institute of Peace to Wipe 'terabyte of Financial Data'

Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk claimed Monday the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) deleted a “terabyte of financial data” amid a probe of its internal operations.

Musk replied to a post via his social network X which claimed DOGE had uncovered payments to the Taliban and Iraqi leaders. That post suggested the FBI and Metro Police assisted in giving DOGE access to the information.

The group allegedly dumped significant amounts of financial data, Musk wrote.

“They deleted a terabyte of financial data to cover their crimes, but they don’t understand technology, so we recovered it,” his post reads.