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Elon Musk and DOGE are Subverting the Administration.
(VOR News) – Technology: Elon Musk hacks government systems. Musk, director of President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), will gain access to crucial federal data in a few days to pursue a broad agenda and maybe provoke a constitutional crisis.
Musk is hacking federal agencies’ computers and power structures using Silicon Valley’s “move fast and break things” ethos. Like his 2022 Twitter acquisition, he assembled a team to review office building leases, budgets, vendor agreements, and personnel performance to dramatically reduce the company.
Trump, a 19-year-old engineer, gave Musk access to intricate federal databases and the Treasury Department’s payment system.
Despite scrutiny, Trump’s reduction targets may have included Elon Musk.
White House officials say a January 20 Trump executive order called Elon Musk a “special government employee.” EOP has Doge. His temporary status gives him more access but no federal disclosure.
DOGE attacked USAID, which closed its headquarters Monday. Musk wants to reduce GAO and Education, but DOGE favors Treasury bill holders. NBC says SpaceX employee advises FBI director. The White House OPM allowed Elon Musk’s Twitter restructuring and “deferred resignation”.
Over 1,000 USAID personnel and contractors have been dismissed or furloughed owing to a near-complete foreign aid prohibition, while security executives were placed on administrative leave on Saturday after trying to block DOGE officials from accessing sensitive networks. NBC News says DOGE employees lacked security clearances.
Senator Chuck Schumer said Musk’s “shadow government” jeopardized official duties. DOGE will attack another organization tomorrow if they attack USAID today. IRS, SSA, or USPS may be involved.
Elon Musk declined a Monday email interview.
Elon Musk has suggested cutting government jobs, terminating contracts, withholding payments, or selectively exposing records to illustrate social inefficiencies, but how he and his DOGE team would handle sensitive material like Treasury records of all government disbursements is unclear.
Former management’s post-acquisition Twitter posts were political. Many Democrats and Republicans believe Trump and Elon Musk’s removal of Congress and government officials weakens the unilateral federal takeover.
Manhattan Institute senior scholar and former Senate Republican aide Brian Riedl called it a constitutional crisis. Musk’s phone control disturbed him. Musk is powerful, but Senate confirmation matters.
Citizens and Congress need accountability. Elon Musk was accused of breaking the law by Senate Appropriations Committee deputy leader Patty Murray.
She told a Capitol news conference on Monday that an unelected, unaccountable billionaire with significant conflicts of interest, strong ties to China, and a personal vendetta against perceived enemies is illegally obstructing constituent funds using our nation’s most sensitive financial data systems and
Elon Musk claims $50 million in Gaza condom waste.
The claim was incorrect, AP reported last week. The legal authority and character of newly hired government employees helping him make decisions are unknown.
Musk said DOGE executives broke the law on Monday after their identities were revealed online. Late Monday, Trump’s acting U.S. attorney Edward Martin threatened “DOGE employees.” He said, “Our preliminary assessment of the evidence submitted suggests that specific individuals and/or groups have perpetrated actions that seem to contravene the law in targeting DOGE employees.”
“Our prosecutors are also preparing.” Martin threatened Musk Monday to “pursue any and all legal action against anyone who obstructs your work or endangers your personnel.” Elon Musk tweets about weekends and weird hours. Wired reported last week that he told many he lived in DOGE’s offices.
Musk mocked DOGE’s dependability. Elon Musk has more power over Trump than other Cabinet members despite DOGE being non-congressive. Musk, the world’s richest man, was amazed by his effortless impact in Washington on Monday morning.
“Despite its humorous designation, I believe DOGE will have a profound and substantial effect on governmental waste, fraud, and abuse — which is truly remarkable,” he told an X audio conference.
SOURCE: NBC
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