Elon Musk claimed at the Oval Office on Tuesday that his so -called “department’s performance” (DOGE) was providing maximum transparency as it bulldozed its way through the federal government, Contrary to the fact how it has worked in deep privacy. .
Mask’s appearance was the first time he raised questions from the news media after he arrived in Washington, and he stood with Donald Trump and defended the aggressive cost of the Dig team standing at the Resolute Desk. –
Kasturi emphasized with confidence, without any evidence offering, confidently that some Gutded USAID officials are taking “kickbacks” and in government “many people” have “tens of millions of dollars” He has been able to get the overall price.
The most striking claim is on their insistence that the Dodge team was transparent about its activities because it had won about 20 agencies, and wanted to remove career officials who stand on their way. They were and accessed sensitive data systems.
“We are actually trying to be more and more transparent,” Musk said, citing what he posted on X. So all our steps are more and more transparent. I do not know a matter where an organization has been more transparent than the Digger Organization.
In fact, Kasturi has suffered a lot to hide the way to run the Dodge, starting with its involvement in the project. Musk himself is a “special government employee”, about which the White House has said that his financial disclosure will not be made public.
The Dodge team includes around 40 staff, but the actual number is not known. The Guardian has previously reported that the staff has tried to keep their identity private and refused to give career officials in those agencies to their last name, which they were in detail about.
Musk has also tried to prevent the Dodge staff from being identified. When the Wall Street Journal reported that a 25 -year -old staff, Marco Els, made racist posts on an anonymous X account in recent months, Mask summoned the reporter who demanded the dismissal of the story.
Their identity is gradually not due to any transparency efforts by Musk, but to use their government emails as a result of the Dodge staff and are sometimes included in employees’ directory – often on their objections –
The Dodge technically reports to the White House Chief of Staff, Sosi Wills. But Musk has worked with practically unlicensed power because it gives the federal government a new look, and some of its actions have taken the White House in surprise, the person familiar with the matter said.
According to a White House official, Musk’s appearance came on the occasion of Trump’s bureaucratic cost to sign new executive orders, according to a White House official, “Work Force Reform The move “includes one to enforce.
The billionaire was standing near the resolute desk, where Trump sat when he was wearing an executive orders and wearing a black “dark mega” hat and with his young son, named X. Boy with fun.
Asked about the potential conflicts of interest as a result of Musk gatting agencies, who are either investigating their companies for regulatory non -compliance or have contracts with their companies, such as the Department of Defense, Musk advised There is no one.
“First of all, I’m not going to file a contract. Founder, Chief Executive, Chief Engineer and Chair of Space X, Musk, said they are people from Space X or something else.
Reporters have been pressured by the possibility that the Dodge may be moving very fast and cutting too much, Musk said he would simply overturn a steps that were unrelated, and that wisdom By rejecting the practical, they have used to reduce costs in their private companies.
“Some things I say will be wrong and it should be corrected. Musk said no one is batting a thousand.” We all make mistakes. But we are fast to correct any mistakes. Will work
But Musk has criticized him or the level of the Dodge, and is attacking orders issued by federal judges. At the end of the week, Musk promoted a letter that considered the rejection of a court order that would temporarily prevent the Treasury Department from providing access to the DG system.
