"Coristine, who joined DOGE at 19 years old with no prior government experience, was staffed across several agencies including the Social Security Administration and the Small Business Administration."
"The information Coristine allegedly pulled for Shirley was from a dataset published by the DOGE team at the Department of Health and Human Services in February, referred to as the largest Medicaid dataset in department history."
"Coristine said that by open-sourcing data on government spending, vigilante investigators like Shirley who are 'more well-positioned' could uncover fraudulent payments."
Nick Shirley's recent video on alleged fraud in California was supported by data from Edward Coristine, a member of the Department of Government Efficiency. Coristine, who has a background in various government agencies and worked at Neuralink, provided data on Medicaid spending. In an interview, Shirley stated that the dataset from the Department of Health and Human Services was instrumental in identifying fraud. Coristine emphasized the importance of open-sourcing government data to enable investigators to uncover fraudulent activities effectively.
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