Audits Across 28 States Halt $5.7 Billion in Improper Spending

By Ben Smith | RedState.com

For years, fraud has been dismissed as a right-wing talking point from the Trump administration. A new report from state financial officers makes that claim harder to ignore.

Across 28 states, auditors say they identified and stopped $5.7 billion in waste, fraud, and abuse in a single year.

Those findings span Medicaid eligibility systems, local government budgets, payroll controls, and nonprofit oversight. The money did not disappear into thin air. It was tracked, documented, and stopped once someone chose to look.

The State Financial Officers Foundation’s 2025 Oversight Report lays out what 40 state treasurers, auditors, and comptrollers say they uncovered after digging into eligibility systems, payment flows, and local government spending. The document puts numbers on the page.

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