{"id":7088,"date":"2025-02-18T20:46:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T20:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/musk-is-not-an-employee-of-doge-and-has-no-actual-or-formal-authority-white-house-says\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T20:46:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T20:46:13","slug":"musk-is-not-an-employee-of-doge-and-has-no-actual-or-formal-authority-white-house-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/musk-is-not-an-employee-of-doge-and-has-no-actual-or-formal-authority-white-house-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk is not an employee of DOGE and &#8220;has no actual or formal authority,&#8221; White House says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Billionaire Elon Musk&#8217;s role in the Trump administration is to find ways to cut costs through the newly created <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/what-is-doge-elon-musk-findings-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Department of Government Efficiency<\/a><\/span>, or DOGE. But a new court <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.dcd.277463\/gov.uscourts.dcd.277463.24.1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">filing<\/a> from the White House states that the Tesla CEO isn&#8217;t an employee of DOGE, adding that Musk &#8220;has no actual or formal authority to make government decisions himself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The filing raises questions about Musk&#8217;s role in the Trump administration and at DOGE, a cost-cutting task force created by Mr. Trump on Jan. 20 that is working at a number of agencies, including the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/musk-treasury-social-security-access-federal-payment-system-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Treasury Department<\/a><\/span> and the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/musk-doge-trump-irs-taxpayer-data-idrs-wyden-warren-letter\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">IRS<\/a><\/span>, in an effort to find fraud and waste. The White House didn&#8217;t immediately respond to a request for comment about Musk&#8217;s role at DOGE.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Musk \u2014 the world&#8217;s richest person, with a net worth of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/billionaires\/profiles\/elon-r-musk\/?sref=sBMxP0gT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">$398 billion<\/a> \u2014 stood behind Mr. Trump at the Oval Office, describing DOGE&#8217;s work as taking &#8220;very simple and basic&#8221; steps to cut federal spending. At the same time, DOGE&#8217;s efforts have sparked multiple lawsuits and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/musk-doge-trump-irs-taxpayer-data-idrs-wyden-warren-letter\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">raised alarms<\/a><\/span> from Democratic lawmakers and consumer advocates over its reported access to personal data of millions of Americans and businesses.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The White House&#8217;s Feb. 17 filing came at the request of U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is hearing a case about the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracydocket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/12025-02-13-Complaint-2.pdf*link=*7B*22linkText*22:*22constitutionality*22,*22target*22:*22_blank*22,*22affiliate*22:*22*22,*22href*22:*22https:\/*www.democracydocket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/12025-02-13-Complaint-2.pdf*22,*22role*22:*22standard*22,*22absolute*22:*22*22*7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">constitutionality<\/a>\u00a0of Musk&#8217;s actions since the start of Mr. Trump&#8217;s presidency. Fourteen states ranging from Arizona to Washington are suing Musk, DOGE and Mr. Trump, alleging that Musk is exceeding his authority and taking &#8220;actions that can only be taken by a nominated and principal officer of the United States.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit claims that Musk &#8220;does not occupy an office created by law and has no authority to exercise the powers of a principal officer, or any other officer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no greater threat to democracy than the accumulation of state power in the hands of a single, unelected individual,&#8221; the lawsuit alleges. &#8220;In recent weeks, defendant Elon Musk, with President Donald J. Trump&#8217;s approval, has roamed through the federal government unraveling agencies, accessing sensitive data and causing mass chaos and confusion for state and local governments, federal employees and the American people,&#8221; the lawsuit further claims.<\/p>\n<p>At a Feb. 17 hearing, Justice Department attorney Harry Graver told Chutkan, &#8220;There is not a single instance of Musk or USDS commanding these actions,&#8221; referring to <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-federal-employees-probationary-firings-layoffs-workers-impact\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">widespread firings of government employees<\/a><\/span> across various agencies last week. Instead, the government workers were fired by officials within their own agencies, he said.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;No actual or formal authority&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>The Feb. 17 filing states that Musk is working as a &#8220;senior adviser to the president,&#8221; comparing his role to that of Anita Dunn under the Biden administration. Dunn served as a special government employee when she advised former President Biden, the filing noted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Like other senior White House advisers, Mr. Musk has no actual or formal authority to make government decisions himself,&#8221; the filing said. &#8220;Mr. Musk can only advise the president and communicate the president&#8217;s directives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Musk&#8217;s role as a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/elon-musk-special-government-employee-what-does-that-mean\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">special government employee<\/a><\/span>, or SGE, confirmed by the White House earlier this month, indicates that he&#8217;ll work for the Trump administration for 130 days or less during a one-year period. The SGE role was created in 1962 as a way of enabling the government to tap outside expertise,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.govexec.com\/oversight\/2015\/09\/clinton-email-fracas-raises-question-what-special-government-employee\/120362\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according<\/a>\u00a0to the publication Government Executive.<\/p>\n<p>Because Musk isn&#8217;t paid for his work at the White House, his financial disclosure report <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/the-public-wont-see-elon-musk-financial-disclosure-why-that-matters\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">will remain confidential<\/a><\/span>, a White House official has told CBS News on condition of anonymity<\/p>\n<p>Asked at the Oval Office last week whether there are issues with conflicts of interest between his businesses, including Tesla and Space X \u2014 which receive billions in federal contracts \u2014 and DOGE, Musk said that the task force&#8217;s work is transparent. He added, &#8220;So you can see everything that&#8217;s going on, and then you can see, am I doing something that benefits one of my companies or not? It&#8217;s totally obvious.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014With reporting by Melissa Quinn.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \"\/><!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/aimee-picchi\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Aimee Picchi<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Aimee Picchi is the associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, where she covers business and personal finance. 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