# 'Smells like corruption': Maddow points out bizarre pattern of overpayments for warehouses by DHS

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Podcast: [The Rachel Maddow Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rachel-maddow-show-509873)
Published: 2026-03-31T05:19:51+00:00
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## Resource

Rachel Maddow points out several instances of Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security paying tens of millions of dollars more than the assessed value of warehouses the administration wants to turn into massive prison camps for immigrants.

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