Crime & Safety
San Francisco Sheriff Confirms City Hall "Raid" By DOGE Employees Was A YouTube Prank
The employees refused their requests and called sheriff's deputies, who arrived after the men had left City Hall.
February 26, 2025
The San Francisco Sheriff's Office on Tuesday confirmed that the three men claiming to work for the Department of Government Efficiency who demanded information from officials at City Hall earlier in February were perpetrating a YouTube prank.
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The incident that happened at San Francisco City Hall on Friday, Feb. 14, was originally reported by authorities as involving men wearing DOGE shirts and red baseball hats with the pro-Trump slogan "Make America Great Again." Those initial reports indicated that the men entered several offices and demanded employees turn over digital information "related to alleged wasteful government spending and fraud."
The employees refused their requests and called sheriff's deputies, who arrived after the men had left City Hall.
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