Whistleblower Reveals Plan to Wrongfully Classify 2.7 Million as Deceased
Whistleblower shares sinister plan to erase 2.7M living people from Social Security
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A former Social Security official, Jeremiah Schofield, disclosed a plan by the Trump administration to classify 2.7 million living individuals as deceased. This plan, which was never fully executed, could have severely impacted access to financial resources for these individuals.
- 01Jeremiah Schofield, a former senior official at the Social Security Administration, filed a 49-page whistleblower report detailing the plan.
- 02The plan aimed to add 2.7 million people to the Death Master File, affecting their access to wages, bank accounts, and health insurance.
- 03A smaller scale version of this plan already affected 6,100 immigrants, causing some to prove their living status at Social Security offices.
- 04The Social Security Administration renamed the Death Master File to avoid legal issues, calling it the 'ineligible' file instead.
- 05Despite the risks of retaliation, Schofield chose to come forward after encouragement from a colleague.
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Jeremiah Schofield, a former senior official at the Social Security Administration, revealed a troubling plan by the Trump administration to classify 2.7 million living individuals, including U.S. citizens and legal residents, as deceased. This plan aimed to add them to the agency's Death Master File, which is used to determine an individual's living status, potentially cutting off their access to essential services like wages, bank accounts, and health insurance. Schofield, who spent 25 years at the agency, refused to implement the plan after legal warnings about its potential illegality. He documented his concerns in a 49-page whistleblower disclosure submitted to two Senate committees. A smaller version of this initiative had already been executed, affecting 6,100 immigrants who later had to prove their living status. The Social Security Administration denied that the full plan was ever executed, while Schofield expressed no regrets about coming forward, emphasizing the need to stand up for one another.
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The plan could have severely restricted access to financial resources for millions of individuals, impacting their livelihoods.
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