Edward Coristine, a former DOGE staffer known online as “Big Balls,” appeared on influencer Nick Shirley’s podcast and was described as helping Shirley use government Medicaid data to target alleged fraud in California. It frames their collaboration as part of a broader Trump-aligned push to crowdsource investigations into “waste, fraud, and abuse,” while noting that Shirley’s earlier videos have already influenced immigration crackdowns and other political actions. The piece also highlights unsupported claims in the interview tying fraud to immigrants and voter abuse, and contrasts them with expert findings that widespread voter fraud and large-scale noncitizen voting are not supported by evidence. It adds that although Coristine is no longer formally with DOGE, he is still working in government as head of engineering at the White House’s National Design Studio.
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