Karoline Leavitt confirmed that Musk has the position of an administrative employee, at a short press conference in front of the White House. As she said, Musk was given the task of president Trump "to expel fraud, waste and abuse from the national government." However, she was incapable to tell whether he had undergone any procedures related to access to classified information. erstwhile asked about Musk's qualifications for this job, Leavitt stated that he is “a business leader that happens erstwhile a generation”, as well as a friend of the president who “has any common sense.”
A peculiar government worker (SGE) is simply a category of staff created for external experts advising authorities which are subject to limited controls on conflicts of interest and who execute this work for little than 130 days a year.
Collaborators Elona Muska linked to the State Productivity Department (DOGE), acting as a state institution, have taken control of a number of key state agencies in fresh days, receiving access to, among others, data on all national employees and taxpayers, as well as to the payment strategy of the Ministry of Finance. According to Wired portal, there are six students or fresh graduates of the university who previously worked as interns in companies associated with erstwhile partners of Muska.
The richest man in the planet and his men besides took the lead in the process of closing the USAID abroad aid agency, which the billionaire described as "crime organization", which "must die".
Democrats are questioning the legality of all these actions and have announced that they should be brought to court to detain them.
Leavitt, and previously Trump, claimed that all Musk's actions were lawful and in accordance with the President's will. Trump besides claimed that if Musk — whose companies have many government contracts — enters a conflict of interest area, he would be stopped.
