Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk at the inaugural ceremony held by President Trump on January 20. Trump mission Musk leads a team focusing on cutting government costs. Through Getty Images Chip Somodevilla/AFP Hidden subtitles
Elon Musk launched a movement from the federal government, and launched a huge control to the fundamental subversive institution, so that it was so many that it was amazing. White House officials, even at many political moments, many things are described as unprecedented things.
Musk is the richest person in the world and a consultant to President Trump. He led a team called the government efficiency department or threshold. Despite this name, Doge is part of the White House, not the cabinet agency. In recent days, it has received access to the payment system from the Ministry of Finance, which is responsible for handling trillions of dollars per year.
The Associated Press reported that DOGE representatives of the US International Development Agency also received access to confidential information. Musk, a foreign aid agency for decades, said he plans to close it. It is now reported that Musk's cutting unit is paying attention to a method to access the system of small enterprise administrations, which provides loans and support for small companies.
"President Trump attaches great importance to improving the efficiency of the government. Obviously, although this is a humorous name, it is ironic that I think that DOGE will have a very serious and significant impact on the government, fraud and abuse. Its scale and scope are really surprising, but Musk said on a live audio chat on his X platform on Sunday evening.
From a ideological perspective, Musk converts his vision of Doge's works, which degrades the irresponsible "bureaucracy" of American voters. In the later period of the conversation, he called for "wholesale and deleting regulations." Musk has a long history and quarrels with federal regulatory agencies responsible for supervising his huge business and completely compete.
With the rapid action of DOGE officials to take action to master the internal operation of the federal government, Musk has been published on the social media platform X he owns, which indicates that the daily payment of the Ministry of Finance violates the law and asserts that the USAID "criminal organization has no evidence". Let's support these claims. Musk did not return to the comment request.
Chuck Schume, a minority leader of the Senate, said on Monday: "In front of us, an uns -elected shadow government is hostile to the federal government."
Musk (Musk) is the largest donor in the 2024 election. He has been using X to crack down on his critics, including Democrats and Republicans. They questioned Musk's authoritative scope and his from Trump and the White House Supervision obtained from senior officials.
Eric Rubin, the retired ambassador, said: "As far as the rule of law, we are quickly losing it." He said: "Musk and the threshold intend to create hundreds of potential court cases. It can be resolved for several months or years.
When Musk was caught in most parts of the federal government, his employment status caused confusion, and the White House clarified this on Monday. According to the news secretary Karoline Leavitt, Musk took the lead in serving as a "special government employee". This is a temporary appointment that allows a person to work for not more than 130 days each year to perform "limited" services.
President Trump said that Musk can take action only under the White House clearly approved. Trump said on Monday: "We think there is a conflict or problem, we will not let him approach it."
On February 3, 2025, a protesters other than the USAID headquarters (USAID) headquarters (USAID) headquarters (USAID). Elon Musk said in social media posts that he and President Trump will close foreign aid agencies. Kevin Dietsch/Getty image Hidden subtitles
Federal moral experts say that because Musk operates six companies across more industries, including Rockets SpaceX and electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla, it may be difficult to avoid being implemented by strict interest conflict laws.
Richard Painter said: "He may not participate in any direct and predictable U.S. government affairs that he holds him." The painter said: "If he does this, he will commit crimes. "
Other things that caused other censorship: what is the safety clearance of Musk and other Jogg staff.
Multiple reports show that the DOGE representative of the USAID Agency (USAID) seeks to access the "safe compartment information facilities" or SCIF, which is a room, which contains sensitive documents, and only person with senior security permits allows them to enter.
"If there is no appropriate security permit, there is no access to any confidential materials," the guard official Katie Miller wrote on Sunday X. Levit said on Monday that she did not immediately obtain information about Musk security permits and reporters.
Rubin, a retired diplomatic service officer, said that the possibility of government employees may access SCIF materials without appropriate permission may be "zero exceptions" about restricting access, and in view of these rooms contain sensitive materials.
Some young workers in Silicon Valley joined Musk's efforts. These include Gavin Kliger, and his LinkedIn page described him as the "Director Special Advisor" of the Federal Personnel Management Office. Kliger attended Berkeley at the University of Berkeley at the University of California.
The USAID.GOV email address belonging to Kliger appeared in an email sent to the US International Development Agency (USAID) staff in the early morning of Monday morning, informing them of the Washington headquarters of the agency to be closed that day. Cleig did not answer the question of NPR's role in the US International Development Agency or OPM.
Some of the legal challenges of DOGE activities are Monday.
Retired Americans and two unions representing the Federal Employees filed a lawsuit, trying to prevent Doge from accessing the payment system of the Ministry of Finance, thinking that the Musk Doge team obtained the people's tax refund, and the welfare and disability check of the veterans violated illegal illegal Privacy.
"We filed a lawsuit and said 'transfer'," the former White House ethics lawyer Norm Eisen said under the leadership of former President Barack Obama. "You can't have my data. You can't have my spouse's data. This information is too precious." Said on behalf of the alliance and the union. "This is wrong. This is illegal."