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Elon Musk has described his operation, tasked with a drastic government overhaul, as “maximally transparent.” But legal filings have shown an effort to wall him off from scrutiny by downplaying his role.
The biggest single line item on the website of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team appears to include an error.
The cuts affected five probationary employees, a relative said. The Trump administration has targeted such workers for firing across the federal government.
A coalition of states had sought to temporarily block Elon Musk’s operatives from access to sensitive data and involvement in mass firings.
A White House official declared that Mr. Musk was not the administrator of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency. So who is?
Stephen Bannon, a top adviser during President Trump’s first term and a key figure among his supporters, said Elon Musk wants to “play-act as God” as part of his push to overhaul the federal government.
The departure of the acting commissioner is the latest backlash to the Department of Government Efficiency’s efforts to access sensitive data.
The ruling said that the students who sued had failed to show that sensitive information had been illegally disseminated in a way that would justify an emergency restraining order.
The rebranding of a former White House digital office into the new Department of Government Efficiency signals its potential limits, budget experts said.
The new administration wants to slash aid for health, food and housing, but many of those programs now reach the struggling working class he is courting.