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Yeah, an audit. That'll teach 'em
I mean... you can really fuck an operation up with an audit. If you have enough backing that the organization being audited can't get rid of you, then you can basically grind everything to a halt and get dirt on everyone involved. They better be prepared for all the retaliatory shit they're gonna be targeted with though.
This is the first step of just freezing everything that Musk's group of cronies is trying to do. It's a good first step because it has some official authority. I just hope the Democrats start throwing out "if you're not doing anything wrong then you have nothing to hide!" when the shit hits the fan.
I mean, in theory yes... but what of an organization that apparently doesn't listen to courts?
You're thinking about the results of the audit, the final report, which a court might use to apply consequences after the fact. That'll be good documentation to have, but it isn't the real benefit.
The real benefit is getting inside the organization, getting in the way of whatever they're currently doing, making them explain what they're doing while they're doing it, keeping tabs on everybody, making them feel watched. The benefit is slowing them down right now, for as long as the audit goes on. If they obstruct the audit, I hope the auditors drag their feet and make everything take longer, and extend the audit for another year or two. Question everything, be the most annoying looking-over-your-shoulder assholes they can be.
Everybody is missing half the facts here. The audit is of the Treasury system, not DOGE.
not if the audit is expected to conclude at the end of fucking August. Doge has been around for a month and you want half a year to audit them? do a mock audit while you are at it too?