dOnald Trump and Elon Musk’s radical drive is cutting billions of dollars in annual federal spending from huge jobs and regulatory cuts, and while gaining Congressional and judicial powers, the illegal move It is spurring the accusation that he did this.
Trump’s executive order fusillade, coupled with an unprecedented drive by the Musk-led so-called “Government Efficiency Sector” (DOGE), in his zeal for cost reduction, coupled with an unprecedented drive to reduce the workforce and regulations of many institutions. He will expand his power to an extreme extent. It raised fears of the entire US government’s disruption and threats to American democracy.
Trump and Musk also attacked a judge who ruled against some of their moves after they ended in court, threatening at least one with a bounce each and accusing him of inappropriate intervention.
“In the United States, we appeal a decision that we disagree with. We do not ignore court orders or threaten a judge with a bluff each, simply because we do not like the decision. It’s a coup, it’s simple and simple,” said Arizona Attorney General Chris Mays.
Trump and Musk, the richest people in the world and the largest single donor of Trump, are currently the judges and legal experts, from the Bureau of Regulation, the Treasury, the U.S. International Development Agency, and several other agencies. Designed in the company faces multiple responsibilities to regulations and staff reduction.
One of Trump’s first moves last month was a 17-veteran watchdog, as Trump has touted mask cost-cutting work as essential to curbing mask spending abuse The goal was to fire 17 veteran agency Watchdog, known as. Federal sector fraud and abuse.
These dismissals were made without the need for legitimate 30 days of notice and specific justifications to Congress, prompting largely democratic anger at Trump’s moves.
In response to the shooting, eight of those inspectors filed a lawsuit against Trump and his department head on Wednesday, with their termination being designed to protect them from interference in their work. He claimed he was violating the law and seeking recovery.
The IGs appealed included IGs from departments of the Department of Defense, Education and Health and Human Services.
Democrat critics and legal experts see Trump’s IG firing and Musk’s Doge operation as a blatant example of enforcement at the expense of Congress and transparency.
“I think their claims that they are chasing waste, fraud and abuse are a complete smokescreen for their true intentions,” said Democrat Sen. Sheldon White House.
The White House said Trump fired IG to “lay off officers to fire officers before robbing the bank.” Supporting big Trump donors and special benefits that governments find uncomfortable in a variety of ways. ”
In another legal trajectory against Trump and Musk’s actions, many of the country’s 23 state Democratic attorney generals have been a legal battle against Doge’s actions and sweep costs reductions in the Treasury Department, USAID and other agencies. has been expanded.
For example, 19 Democrats sued Trump and the Treasury Secretary in February, and Doge went to a delicate document detailing tens of millions of Americans receiving social security checks, tax refunds and other payments. has suspended access to the law and claimed Doge is in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act. The lawsuit prompted a New York judge on February 7 to issue a temporary order that would cease Doge’s access to its financial payment system.
In response, Musk and Trump accused him of claiming judicial intervention. Musk of his social media platform Twitter/X accused the judge of being “corrupted” and “now they need to be blasted each” because he has over 200 million followers.
“It seems difficult to believe a judge can say, ‘We don’t want to do that to you,'” Trump said, along with Musk nearby in his oval office on Tuesday. I think that’s a very serious violation, so the judge. ”
Legal experts, AGS and Congressional Democrats say Trump and Musk’s inappropriate judicial intervention accusations and some of their actions pose a risk to the rule of law and the US Constitution.
“The president is openly violating the US Constitution by seizing power from Congress and handing it over to unelected billionaires. Meanwhile, Elon Musk has chased after a judge who supports the law and control over them. “I’m doing that,” Mays said.
The former federal prosecutor reflects some of Mays’ arguments.
“The proposal by Trump, Musk and Vance that the courts are interfering with Trump’s initiative is ridiculous,” said Barbara McCade, a former federal prosecutor who teaches law at the University of Michigan.
“Under the separation of our constitutional system of power, each comparable branch serves as a check on other branches. The role of the court is to break through the abuse of the administrative power when it violates the law. Comment that lightly pares the courts seems like a dangerous effort to undermine the public’s trust in the judiciary. If people don’t respect the courts, they are less likely to follow their orders.”
Similarly, some former judges worry that certain judges could face violence caused by threats made publicly by Musk and Trump.
“Federal judges expect people to disagree with their views, but personal attacks on at least one New York judge have put them harmed and killed. I’ve been afraid for this for a long time,” said a former federal judge and Dickinson University. President John Jones.
“What’s worse, judges are essentially vulnerable when it comes to combating false narratives that have been promulgated to prevent the Code of Conduct from interacting with irresponsible people making these statements.”
Legal experts are also increasingly uncertain about how Musk and Trump are beyond power at the expense of Congress, including some of Trump’s retaliatory firing of critics and political opponents. .
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In one terrible case, USAID IG Paul Martin reported on Tuesday that he was very critical of the serious economic impact of the massive work cuts that Doge had done when he stumbled on agency staff. I was suddenly fired shortly after I warned him.
The mask blows up USAID. It exceeded $400 billion in 2023 Congress-sanctioned aid and completed $86 billion in private sector transactions as a “crime organisation” and “the arm of the globalists of the left-wing crime.” The agency’s mission is to provide humanitarian aid, fund development support and technology projects to developing countries.
“The firing of IG Paul Martin, a highly respected and experienced inspector, was the day after his office released a critical report, which will provide impactful and independent surveillance on behalf of American taxpayers. There is a risk of sending cold messages against the capabilities of the Extension Department, said IG Robert Storch.
“IG is a major office consisting of federal supervisory experts to detect and dispose of waste,” said Storch, who was suddenly fired. plays an important role in injustice, abuse and corruption.”
The former IG, who requested anonymity to speak freely, said frankly. “Trump and Musk are gaslighting Americans. No one should believe Musk and his army have actually discovered billions of dollars of waste, fraud, abuse, and “corruption.” If they had, we would know the details. They cannot and will not offer them. At best, they have seen things they may need to explain, but they don’t mind asking for explanations from people with relevant knowledge. ”
Despite growing concerns about the powers Musk has taken, Trump announced a new executive order on Tuesday at an oval office that expanded its powers and delegations.
Trump’s new order requires federal agencies to “coordinate and consult with Doge” to curb work and restraint, according to a White House summary.
All agencies were instructed to “force reductions on large-scale cuts plans” in accordance with the summary and to limit new hires to “required positions.”
At an oval office meeting on Tuesday, Musk spoke in epic terms about his mission, with some questionable claims about the fraud it revealed.
Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has received billions of dollars in federal contracts in recent years, but has swayed his new federal authorities as “special government officials” without giving up on private sector work. A masked post is a temporary post that bypasses some of the disclosure requirements for full-time federal employees.
As mask powers expanded and Doge worked in more than 12 agencies, 14 state AG filed a lawsuit in federal court in DC on Thursday to gain access to masks and Doge’s sensitive government data, and said, ” We challenged the authority to exercise “virtually unchecked power.” .
The lawsuit alleges that Trump violated the constitutional appointment provisions by establishing a federal agency without Congress’ approval.
At the bottom, some legal experts and watchdogs say the threat posed by Trump’s willingness to cut costs for masks is linked to the record amount masks have given Trump’s campaign. I say it.
“After Musk reportedly spent nearly $300 million to help Trump get elected, Trump appears to be unprecedented access to the government’s internal levers, including private and confidential information about individuals. I’ve given musk things to me,” at the Federal Election Commission, which currently teaches law at American universities.
“Musk and his followers can use that access to kill or neutralize the rules that Trump has created in Congress and protect the public interest, and the government has given the wealth of wealth. It protects and ensures that it helps you.”
Other legal watchdogs fear a more dangerous fallout against the rule of law from Trump’s greenlight, which greenlights the operation of masked dogs and agenda.
“President Trump has given Elon Musk and Doge extraordinary powers over the operation of federal agencies with little public oversight and accountability, as well as congressional and its constitutionally mandated powers. I did so at the expense,” said Washington’s liberal watchdog group citizen for responsibility and ethics.
“Trump has allowed Musk to capture the federal government after illegally firing more than 12 inspector generals despite strengthening laws protecting IG less than three years ago. did…”
“What’s even more troubling is that Congressional Republicans are trying to hand over the constitutional authority to serve President Trump and Elon Musk’s political agenda.”
