Elon Musk questions Schiff and Pelosi's millions Armenian supporters in Congress under fire

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has pledged to investigate how certain members of Congress have amassed significant wealth despite their relatively modest public salaries.

Speaking at a town hall event in Wisconsin on March 29, Musk suggested that his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) would look into the financial dealings of lawmakers who have become "strangely wealthy", Caliber.Az reports, citing the article by the New York Post.

One attendee at the event specifically asked Musk whether DOGE had found evidence of funds being funneled from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).

“They’ll [the government] send the money overseas to one NGO [non-governmental organization], then they’ll go through a bunch of them, and then I’m highly confident that a bunch of that money then comes back to the United States and lands in the pockets of the people you just mentioned,” Musk responded.

“But it is a circuitous route. It doesn’t go directly, but let’s just say that there are a lot of strangely wealthy members of Congress where I’m trying to connect the dots of, ‘How do they become rich?’” he added.

Rank-and-file members of Congress earn an annual salary of $174,000. Despite this, many have accumulated millions over their time in office.

Two of the wealthiest members include former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), whose estimated net worth is around $250 million, and Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who is worth approximately $552 million.

Pelosi's fortune is largely attributed to investments made by her husband, venture capitalist Paul Pelosi, in major companies like Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Netflix.

Scott, on the other hand, built his wealth before joining the Senate through his involvement in HCA Healthcare, a hospital management company, and Solantic, a chain of urgent care clinics.

“How do they get $20 million if they’re earning $200,000 a year?” Musk questioned. “We’re going to try to figure it out and certainly stop it from happening.”

Musk, whose net worth is estimated at $330 billion by Bloomberg, has taken an active interest in government financial transparency. Last year, he opposed legislation that would have increased congressional salaries but later expressed support for higher pay as a way to combat corruption.

Musk’s visit to Wisconsin on Sunday was not just about financial transparency. He was in the state to support conservative Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel in the hotly contested Wisconsin Supreme Court race.

During his visit, Musk handed out two $1 million checks to Badger State voters as part of a campaign to raise awareness about "activist judges."

“I should say that the reason for the checks is that it’s really just to get attention,” Musk explained. “And somewhat inevitably, when I do these things, it causes the legacy media to kind of lose their minds.”

The Wisconsin Supreme Court race, which pits Schimel against Dane County Judge Susan Crawford, is seen as critical, as it could influence key issues such as abortion laws and legislative redistricting.

Control of the court holds political significance amid ongoing battles between Democratic Governor Tony Evers and the Republican-controlled state legislature.