Musk’s team of young DOGE disruptors have been unmasked
One is a 19-year-old college freshman and heir to a popcorn fortune. Another was hosting Model UN sessions in 2019 and a third was given money by his parents to invest in stocks while at his high school in Silicon Valley.
The world’s richest man lashed out at an X account which suggested the six young men, who now have access the Treasury Department’s payment system, among other things, should be “paid a visit” by FBI agents.
“You have committed a crime,” Musk fired back at a comment from the account Monday, shortly before the post in question was removed for allegedly violating the platform’s rules.
Musk appeared to soften his stance on the men being identified later Monday, writing it was “time to confess” that the “media reports saying that @DOGE has some of world’s best software engineers are in fact true.” But he was wrong—not all the group are even “software engineers.” Three do not even have degrees. And one who does is trying to cash in on his new job by charging people to read his Substack entry which boasts, “Why DOGE: Why I gave up a seven-figure salary to save America.” [Continue reading…]
As DOGE chief Elon Musk stokes outrage for shutting federal employees out of their offices, a Trump-appointed prosecutor has vowed to protect the tech billionaire and his staff.
Ed Martin, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, threatened to take legal action against anyone who gets in the way of Musk and his team as they take over offices and demand access to sensitive data in a frenzy to cut down government spending.
“I recognize that some of the staff at DOGE has been targeted publicly,” Martin wrote in a letter to Musk that he posted on X, tagging the wrong account. “At this time, I ask that you utilize me and my staff to assist in protecting the DOGE work and the DOGE workers.” [Continue reading…]