Polrico shot back on 'false' claims of the White House that it is a 'beneficiary of government programs' after the outlet was confronted with questions of more than $ 8.2 million that it has received from 'government subsidies'.
The enormous amounts that Politico received from the US government were discovered by the dragnet of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) of wasteing expenditures.
In the process of canceling the payments of different government agencies, including the controversial USAID, as press secretary Karoline Leavitt of the White House said that the money given to polico was spent on 'essentially subscriptions on polico about the dime of the taxpayer '.
“This is a government effort to ensure that we are rule in favor when it comes to the books of the federal government,” she said.
In response, Politico CEO Goli Sheikholeslami and editor -in -chief John Harris said in a memo of the staff obtained by Fox News, which had to be prevented from the 'spicy discussion in the White Huis'.
'This is a good conversation to have, and we welcome it. The value of polico subscriptions is validated daily on the market, “they said.
'Some parts of today's conversation were confusing and some people left false insights. For this reason we want you to hear from us on different points. '
Sheikholeslami and Harris insisted that politico “never had been a beneficiary of government programs or subsidies – not one cent, ever, in 18 years.”
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has achieved millions of dollars in payments on the Politico news site
Police CEO Goli Sheikholeslami (left) and editor -in -chief John Harris (right) said together that the outlet valve is a 'beneficiary of government programs' is 'untrue'
The enormous amounts that Politico received from the US Government were discovered by the dragnet of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) of waste
The leadership of Polico said that the millions that the government spent in subscriptions had been spent by Polico Pro, which they said that “both private and public customers of Grainy, based on facts, offers real-time intelligence and tracking tools in important policy areas.”
The Pro subscriptions cost around $ 10,000 a year, much more than a regular subscription, and data showed that Politico received the $ 8.2 million at 236 subscriptions.
'We are proud of the value that our Polito Pro platform and policy journalism give to all subscribers. As a practical issue, the vast majority of our professional subscriptions under Politico Pro in the private sector, “was the memo.
'We believe that the work of a new government – and the work that is done by Doge – is a hugely important story.
“In particular because of the ambition of the new administration to transform large parts of the government, our responsibility to cover this from every corner is urgent.”
Details of the expenditure emerged in the midst of public finances by Musk's Doge, which the American Bureau for International Development has closed.
Polico received $ 44,000 from USAID last year, but received millions more from other federal agencies, according to public registers.
The press secretary of President Karoline Leavitt said that the money given to polico was spent on 'essentially subscriptions on polico about the dime of the taxpayer'.
Most The Ministry of Health and Human Services in particular had $ 1.37 million in obligations.
The Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Energy were also among the best spending time.
“This is clearly a huge waste of tax money!” Musk wrote on X.
DailyMail.com has contacted the five federal agencies that gave the most money to Poloo last year for more details about what the money was spent on.
It is understood to mean that many of the expenditure of the agencies on the B2B service of Politico, Politico Pro, which, according to the platform, offers 'non-party-related, real-time intelligence that is personalized on their policy focus'.
Subscriptions can cost around $ 10,000 per year per online reports, which means that the government should have exhausted more than 800 accounts.
Leavitt warned that Doge is busy drawing the plug on all payments.
It could be a further disaster for polico, whose staff members discovered yesterday that they had not been paid.
The outlet stated that the missed payments were due to a 'technical issue', but speculation quickly started to swallow that the action against government spending was the fault.
Musk and President Donald Trump closed the controversial USAID after they agreed that the organization was 'irreparable'.
The billionaire, who leads a revision of the federal government with Trump's Go-Ahead, has decided this week to close the government agency charged with humanitarian aid abroad.
The staff was shocked when they woke up on Monday morning to instruct Emails to stay out of the desk of the desk of the desk.
Yesterday Musk teased the next target for his performance, the Internal Revenue Service can be.
The richest man in the world asked his army of X followers in an informal poll whether they would like to see that the IRS was checked by Doge, who received no less than 94.3 percent support.
Musk's Post arrives days After Donald Trump promised to end nearly 90,000 IRS employees who were hired under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, a promise that received enormously cheering while spoke during a meeting in Las Vegas.
Dailymail.com has contacted Politico for comment.
