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The richest man in the world is demanding to know how lawmakers on Capitol Hill became so wealthy despite their relatively modest public salaries.
Speaking at a town hall in Wisconsin on Sunday night, Elon Musk suggested that his team at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will investigate how certain members of Congress have achieved generational wealth.
A town hall attendee asked Musk if DOGE had uncovered evidence of funds sent by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to Republican Maxine Waters, Senator Adam Schiff, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
"They (the government) send the money out of the country through an NGO, then they'll go through a bunch of them, and then I'm pretty confident that a bunch of that money then comes back to the United States and ends up in the pockets of the people you just mentioned. "But that's a roundabout way. It doesn't go directly, but let's say there are a lot of incredibly wealthy members of Congress, where I'm trying to connect the dots on how they got rich," Musk replied.
Members of Congress earn $174,000 a year. Last year, Musk, whose net worth is pegged at $330 billion by Bloomberg, helped kill legislation to raise congressional salaries, then supported a raise as a means to fight corruption.
"How do they make $20 million if they make $200,000 a year? We're going to try to figure it out and certainly stop it from happening ," Musk added.
Musk traveled through Wisconsin on Sunday to rally support for Brad Schimel, a conservative Waukesha County judge, in the closely watched election for the state Supreme Court.
During his visit, Musk handed out $1 million checks to two Badger State voters. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO has encouraged Wisconsin residents to sign his petition against "activist judges" to get the prize money.
"I have to say the reason for the checks is that it's really just to get attention. And somehow inevitably, when I do these things, it makes the legacy media lose their minds, " the billionaire said.
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