The problem is that DOGE public statements like those of Trump are a fountain of lies so there is little point in digging into them because the alternative is t

The problem is that DOGE public statements like those of Trump are a fountain of lies so there is little point in digging into them because the alternative is the equivilent of looking for some edible corn in a bucket of human waste. Logical theories include connected records include an age, its chaff unconnected to any money being moved retained for legal reasons, and them just making it up. Since they won't substantiate this you can choose your own adventure whilst waiting for the boring truth which is probably on balance that all receipients have a known age but they were unable to look it up correctly and something somewhere returns default when not available i in that code path.