Musk makes baseless claim about large number of dead people on federal payroll (1 Viewer)

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    Elon Musk suggested Wednesday that a number of federal employees who did not respond to an email requesting a summary of their achievements from the previous week could be "dead" or "not real people," but offered no facts to back it up.

    "We think there are a number of people on the government payroll who are dead, which is probably why they can't respond, and — and some people who are not real people," Musk said.

    President Trump echoed Musk's claims moments later to reporters ahead of a cabinet meeting.

    "Maybe we're paying people that don't...

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