David Wolfel – a former civilian architect for the U.S. Navy – was among thousands of federal workers who opted to retire this year amid widespread cuts under the Trump administration.

So in May, before he left to spend his final months of employment on administrative leave, he submitted his retirement paperwork to his agency Six months later, however, he still doesn’t know when he’ll see his retirement benefits kick in.

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“I was anticipating probably late in 2025,” Wolfel told the News4 I-Team. Asked if he still thinks that will happen, he said, “I really don’t know.”

For months, the I-Team has been tracking concerns with processing retirement benefits for thousands of federal workers who left the federal government thi

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