(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.) Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey sent a letter to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Elon Musk, calling for an investigation into the billions of dollars awarded to the Grain Belt Express (GBE) project.

In a news release, Bailey describes the nearly $5 billion worth of "planned waste" in federal loan guarantee as one of the most egregious abuses of taxpayer dollars.

The Grain Belt Express Project proposes constructing transmission lines across Missouri farmland to transport wind-generated energy from Kansas to other states.

"In the waning, chaotic days of the Biden Administration - when the former president's mental decline had grown to such a sever state that we now know he was not actually running his own White House and often signed documents without even knowing what they contained - left-wing bureaucrats seized the opportunity to advance their radical 'green agenda,'" Bailey said. "In the shadows of this confusion, far-left deep staters advanced a $4.9 billion green energy federal loan guarantee boondoggle to bankroll the Grain Belt Express, one of the most egregious abuses of taxpayer dollars in recent memory."

Bailey emphasized that the project is less about renewable energy and more about lining the pockets of wealthy investors. He called the project nothing more than a government-sponsored land grab disguised as environmentalism.

"Missouri famers - the backbone of our state and nation - now face the prospect of watching their lands carved apart, all to satisfy the greed of private investors."

The letter says that the GBE project has filed 40 eminent domain proceedings against Missouri landowners.

"We will not stand by while Missouri families are steamrolled by out-of-state interests and unelected bureaucrats pushing a radical green agenda," Bailey said. "I urge DOGE to immediately investigate and cancel federal funding for the nearly $5 billion in waste from the GBE, putting an end to this shameful legacy of the Biden Administration - a legacy defined by incompetence, corruption, and blatant disregard for American property rights. Missouri farmers, taxpayers, and the American people deserve better."

A full copy of Attorney General Andrew Bailey's letter can be found here .