E296 - Rand Paul Saw the Fort Knox Gold. But Was It Really Audited?
Published: August 19, 2026
Duration: 15:24
Rand Paul has now visited Fort Knox and seen some of America’s gold reserves firsthand.
But does that constitute an audit?
In this episode of The Secret War on Cash, Dean Heskin and Chris Agelastos revisit the Fort Knox debate and ask why the federal government has not simply completed a comprehensive inventory of the gold held there.
The issue gained renewed attention when President Trump and Elon Musk previously discussed auditing Fort Knox. That effort never developed into the full public accounting many observers expected.
Dean argues that the gold should not be...
But does that constitute an audit?
In this episode of The Secret War on Cash, Dean Heskin and Chris Agelastos revisit the Fort Knox debate and ask why the federal government has not simply completed a comprehensive inventory of the gold held there.
The issue gained renewed attention when President Trump and Elon Musk previously discussed auditing Fort Knox. That effort never developed into the full public accounting many observers expected.
Dean argues that the gold should not be...