Washington, DC:
High-tech billionaire Elon Musk’s “Justify-your-your-your-your-your-your-your-your-your-your-your-your-your-yub” has seen US federal government employees face an unexpected backlash from within the Trump administration on Sunday. It was seen as an early sign of future power struggles. The pushback comes from Kash Patel, who took over as the ninth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Saturday.
Patel suspends response to all FBI employees’ emails ultimatum to federal workers who have sent them as part of his possibly informal role as a leader in the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). “It is reportedly asked to do so.
“The FBI representative may have received an email from the OPM request information. Through the director’s office, the FBI will be responsible for all review processes and follow the FBI procedures to carry out reviews. According to an NBC report, Patel For now, I’ll adjust the answer.
Musk’s ultimatum
On Saturday, President Donald Trump’s billionaire adviser Musk said that all US federal employees would justify their work or that the president would make him “more aggressive” in reducing government spending He said he must make an effort to do so.
“All federal employees will receive an email immediately asking for a request to understand what they did last week. Failure to respond will be considered a resignation,” Musk wrote. Masu.
AFP reports that federal workers were asked to submit “about five rounds of what you accomplished last week.”
The email was subjected by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM): “What did you do last week?” The reply deadline was Monday at 11:59pm, but the message was not said to have been terminated otherwise.
The mask – the world’s wealthiest person and Trump’s biggest donor – is leading an effort to launch the government’s labour belt.
Don’t respond: Agents tell employees
AFP reports that several federal employees said their agencies were advised not to respond to mask emails and wait for further instructions.
“I have a lot to do and I’m not going to ignore the actual patient care of this drama,” a doctor at the Veterans Affairs Bureau told AFP that he received the email.
Mask later downplayed the requirements of the request, writing to X that the bar was “very low” and that “some bullet pointed emails that make no sense at all are acceptable.”
