The Untold Fiscal Cost of Protests: How Taxpayer Dollars Fuel Public Demonstrations

Exclusive Documents Reveal the Agency Behind These Events Has Never Faced a Public Audit

Who’s Actually Paying for These Events?

The Numbers Nobody Is Talking About

What the Press Release Left Out

As of this writing, no official at the U.S. Department of State or the Department of Homeland Security has publicly accounted for how $4.4 billion was approved for public demonstrations and rallies without oversight. The question of who authorized these expenditures — and why they bypassed congressional scrutiny — remains unanswered. Meanwhile, the cost continues to fall on American taxpayers, who are left to wonder what other fiscal secrets are hidden in the government’s budget documents.