ELON MUSK’S DOGE Team causes tension in the federal government: NPR

ELON MUSK launched a campaign from within the federal government, fundamentally overturned the institution, and even a political moment that many things were said to be unprecedented, so surprisingly surprisingly soured it. I exercised the level of control.

The mask, the wealthy man in the world and advisor to President Trump, leads a team called the Ministry of Efficiency or Douji. Despite the name, DOGE is part of the White House, not a cabinet agency. Recently, it has gained access to the Ministry of Finance’s payment system, which is responsible for handling $ trillions of spending every year.

As part of that job, DOGE workers support the Trump administration to explore dramatic reductions in the Ministry of Education, including the options to close the entire division. I told NPR.

When DOGE begins to shake other bands of the federal government, it will come.

AP communication reported that DOGE representatives reported that they had accessed information classified by US international development agencies, said Musk, a foreign aid organization Musk decades ago. 。 And now, Musk’s cut slashing unit is reported on how to access small and medium -sized enterprises that provide loans and support to small and medium -sized enterprises.

“President Trump is very seriously improving government efficiency. Obviously, it’s a humorous name, but ironically, Douji has a great impact on government waste, fraud and abuse. I think the mask said on a live audio chat on the X platform on Sunday.

Musk surrounds the vision of Douge’s work in ideology terms and lights a “bureaucracy tyranny” that cannot be explained to American voters. In the latter half of the conversation, he called for “regulation wholesale removal.” The mask has a long history that completely rebelled with sparring with federal regulatory authorities, which supervise his vast business.

As DOGE officials move quickly to get the internal mechanism of the federal government, MUSK posts it on his social media platform X, and the Ministry of Finance’s daily payment is the law. In violation, it suggests that USAID claims to be USAID. Criminal organization “No evidence to support these claims”. The mask did not return the comments.

“In front of us, an unreceded shadow government has been hostile to the federal government,” said Chuck Schumer, the Leader of the Senate, Chuck Schumer.

The mask, the largest donor in the 2024 election, was attacked by both the Democratic and Republicans, using X, and from the trump and white house officials of the authority of the mask. I have a question to the director I am receiving.

“We have lost it rapidly from the viewpoint of law control,” said Eric Rubin, a retired ambassador who spent nearly 40 years of foreign service. “Masks and Doug are intentionally creating hundreds of potential litigation, which can take several months or years to solve,” he said. “But those who know what damage they can do before it happens.”

Security clearance and employment status

His employment has caused confusion because Musk supported the vast part of the federal government. According to spokeswoman Caroline Ribits, the mask is at the lead as a “special government official.” This is a temporary appointment that people can work within 130 days a year, and can provide “limited” services.

Mr. Trump said that Musk could only take action if the White House was clearly approved. “I can’t let him go nearby, where I think there is a dispute or problem,” said Trump on Monday.

Federal ethics experts operate six companies that cross multiple industries, including rocket companies and electric car manufacturers Tesla, so it is difficult to avoid violating strict profit dispute. Maybe.

Richard Painter, who served as a top ethical lawyer in the White House under George W Bush, stated: “If so, he committed a crime,” said the painter.

Something that caused scrutiny: Those holding security clearance masks and other DOGE staff.

DOGE representatives have shown that the USAID “safe compartment information facilities” or SCIF access.

“The classified materials were not accessed without the appropriate security clearance,” said Katie Miller, an official of Doge, wrote on X on Sunday. Leavitt said on Monday that she did not immediately have information about the security clearance of the mask.

Rubin, a retired foreign service officer, is concerned that government officials may access Saif material without appropriate clearance, and these rooms contain sensitive materials. “The exception is zero.”

Some of the young Silicon Valley engineers participate in mask efforts. This includes Gavin Kliger, which is described by Linkedin Page as the “Special Advisor of Director” of the Federal Human Resources Management Bureau. KLIGER attended the University of California Berkeley until 2020. He worked as a software engineer on Twitter in 2019. Recently, according to Linkedin’s profile, he worked as a data analysis company Databricks senior software engineer.

The USAID.GOV email address belonging to Kliger appeared in e -mail sent to the USAID staff early on Monday morning, and notified that Washington’s headquarters was closed on that day. Kliger did not respond to NPR questions about his role in USAID or OPM.

Some of the first legal tasks for DOGE’s activities came on Monday.

The alliance between retired Americans and two unions, representing the federal employees, filed a lawsuit to block access to the DOGE financial payment system, and the MUSK DOGE team was a veteran welfare, and It claims that accessing the disability check is an illegal privacy violation.

“We have filed a lawsuit to say” hands -off, “” said Nome Eisen under former White House ethical lawyer Barak Obama. “You can’t have my data. I can’t have a spouse data. I can’t have a child’s data. The information is too valuable,” said Eisen, who represents the alliance and union. I said. “This is wrong. It’s illegal.”

NPR’s Cory Turner has contributed to this report.