According to the Social Security Administration, more than five million people in Florida were social security beneficiaries.

Only time will tell if the prediction by Martin O’Malley, the former Social Security commissioner, is accurate.

Donald Trump's purge of the federal workforce could cause a system failure at the Social Security Administration, the agency's former leader warned.

President Trump continues to claim his administration won’t touch Social Security. But as Elon Musk and the so-called Department of Government Efficiency look to slash federal jobs and spending, the Social Security Administration has plans to cut 12 percent of its workforce.

The Trump Administration's proposed changes to the Social Security Administration will cause the payment system to collapse, Martin O'Malley told 11 News Investigates.

Ex-commissioner and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley said in a recent interview with CNBC that staff cuts and other changes made by the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will likely lead to an interruption of benefits for the over 72.5 million Americans who get monthly checks.

“This is going to lead to total system collapse,” O’Malley told The Baltimore Sun. “It’s a very old, fragile computer system in (COBOL) language, which isn’t even in schools anymore.” In a social media post made Friday, O’Malley went on to say he expects benefit interruptions to start soon.