U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro on Friday posted a video showing what she described as hundreds of taxpayer-funded computers and lamps sitting unused in basement storage rooms, describing the discovery as an example of wasteful spending in the nation’s capital.In the video shared to her X account, Pirro walked through an unnamed government storage area in Washington and criticized what she said was a failure to properly dispose of surplus items purchased with public money.“Just because we’re in D.C. doesn’t mean that people here can waste your dollars,” Pirro said in the video, while standing in what she described as a “massive basement storage facility” filled with boxed equipment.
This week, I discovered a massive unmarked storage room with boxes full of forgotten equipment. Just because we’re in D.C. doesn’t mean the government can waste your money. I’m going to make sure some of it is returned to the taxpayers. pic.twitter.com/CdMsPKDzfO— US Attorney Pirro (@USAttyPirro) May 15, 2026
Pirro said the facility contained at least 50 boxes of lamps and “well over 1,000 computers,” estimating the number of unused computers may be closer to 2,000. She argued that instead of leaving the items in storage, the government should sell or donate them through existing surplus property programs.
