"They were explicit that there was a clock in mind. They either had to prove their case or pull it," de Blasio said.

The Internal Revenue Service will be looked at like everybody else.

I think that the Internal Revenue Service will be looked at like everybody else; just about everybody is going to be looked at. They're [DOGE] doing a hell of a job; it's an amazing job they're doing.

Business as usual at the IRS is unacceptable.

Let me be the bad guy. He took a lot of heat for a lot of us for a long time.

It is dangerously unacceptable that an unelected Musk and his unqualified acolytes have access to sensitive CMS systems.

the real criminals

These people should be put in jail the way they talk about our judges

That is a very troubling response because the studies are there. Your job is to have looked at those studies as an applicant for this job.

Mr. Blanche, I understand everybody can say generically that they'll follow the law. But, I've asked you a simple question about whether you'll preserve evidence, and you can't say 'yes.'

This will be a relentless pursuit of truth and transparency, and we will not stop until the American people have the answers they deserve.

No one wants to defend the waste, fraud and abuse, so they attack the guy who’s exposing all the waste, fraud and ridiculous things we’re spending money on.

USAID has been out of control. I've demanded accountability from AID.

We’re not going to keep on bailing him out.

So yes, look, if we have to take steps to be able to hold them accountable, use the leverage that we have to force it, I cannot support efforts that will continue this lawlessness that we’re seeing when it comes to this administration’s actions.

What is not working is the way that the executive branch is behaving.

If we have to take steps to be able to hold them accountable, use the levers that we have to force it.

Clearly, the American public needs to see more accountability, more visibility, more performance for their taxpayer dollars.