Acting Social Security chief said he "bullied agency executives" to help DOGE, Sen. Warren claims
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Lee Dudek, the acting commissioner for the Social Security Administration, is facing questions about his appointment to the role from Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts who serves on the Senate's Finance Committee.
In a March 2 letter to Dudek, Warren highlights a LinkedIn post from before his appointment as acting commissioner, in which he wrote that he had "bullied agency executives" to help the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, billionaire Elon Musk's cost-cutting effort. Dudek added that he shared executive contact information and "moved contractor money around" to add resources to his anti-fraud team, according to Warren's letter.
The Social Security Administration didn't immediately return a request for comment.
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