The Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner said members of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team are outsiders who are unfamiliar with the nuances of the agency’s programs.

The acting head of the Social Security Administration told a meeting of senior staff and legal-aid lawyers that Elon Musk’s federal cost-cutting task force “will make mistakes” as it pushes the agency to cut thousands of jobs and dramatically slash spending.

Musk’s assertions about outrageous Social Security fraud have been almost instantly debunked, said Philip Bump in The Washington Post. Last week, Musk tweeted that DOGE had found records of Social Security recipients who claimed to be as old as 150.