Key U.S. agencies, including the FBI, State Department and the Pentagon, have instructed their employees not to comply with cost-cutting chief Elon Musk’s demand that federal workers explain what they accomplished last week — or risk losing their jobs.

Reporters, including NPR, soon found these numbers to be inflated, with the actual amount closer to $2 billion, which, as Oliver said, was “a lot of numbers away” from Musk’s claim. “In fact, there hasn’t been such a stark disconnect between marketing and reality since it turned out the Glasgow Wonka Experience was actually this,