House Dem Launches Probe After White House Says Musk Not Part of DOGE

https://www.commondreams.org/news/doge-elon-musk

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  1. >The top Democrat on the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sent a letter to President Donald Trump on Thursday demanding answers about billionaire Elon Musk’s involvement in the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, which is leading the Republican administration’s efforts to gut federal agencies.

    PS: Article links to the letter (pdf).

  2. Here we go…the strongly worded letter…followed up by a request for some money for some PAC….

  4. Unfortunately they launched from SpaceX’s facility. Nothing came back.

  5. As an aside, if you are curious if the executive branch “has”to answer such letters, the short answer, is “no.” The delegation of authority to conduct oversight of the executive branch is largely found and retained in the respective Chairperson of the relevant committees. Individual members can ask…courtesy sometimes allows for a reply.

    I kind of doubt Trump’s henchmen will care about such requests.

  6. Ffs, you want a bully to respond? Be a bully, insult him like the Maine Governor did calling him out in public. He’s a fragile bitch so writing to him in a professional tone is a joke at this point. Want him to destroy himself? Start fucking pushing back!!

  7. Get with the program. Musk is whatever Musk says he is. His power is limitless and not to be questioned. Welcome to a country who’s president is an imbecile who is easily manipulated as long as you let him pretend he’s a king.

  8. I’ve got a (probably stupid) question:

    So, DOGE (nominally part of the executive branch) is shutting down the disbursement of congressionally authorized funds to all kind of departments and agencies and such.

    If I’m not mistaken, congress has to come up with a budget on or about 3/14/2025.

    Can congress devise a budget that dis-incudes funding for the Executive Branch? And pass it with a veto-proof majority?

  9. BAsically what Musk is doing is illegal, a special government employee doesn’t have the kind of authority he has actively displayed. If Musk isn’t the head of DOGE… what he’s doing is extremely super illegal, like flagrantly breaking the law with no cover whatsoever levels of illegal activity.

    I think the issue here is how involved Trump is. If Musk is head of DOGE… Trump is in trouble. If he’s not it is mostly Musk… but Trump is just going to pardon him anyway because law and order are meaningless concepts.

  10. so they’ve put up a crazy board in one of their offices because without being in the leadership they have no subpeona power or ability to form actual committees

  12. Thank you, Rep. Connolly. This is a start in the right direction.

  13. So.. if he isn’t that happens?
    And if he is?

    What’s the point

  14. lol so begins the 2 year “doge probe” where nothing comes of it but dems can have an article on cnn about how “they got him now”

  15. Agency heads need to start refusing to let Elon in. Tell him to come back when he has authority granted by an agency or by Congress.

    Until then, he’s a private citizen walking in off the streets asking for you to let him into your computer system. Nothing gives him the right.

  16. A letter? Doesn’t he know that President Cheeto can’t read?

  17. I just hope they’re working on articles of impeachment and quietly working to get some Republicans willing to impeach.

  18. Connelly’s letter is masterful. This letter and any response (or nonresponse) will go immediately before the judge hearing the case against DOGE. Trump has painted himself into a corner, which is why the WH is denying Musk is part of DOGE.

    They’ve clearly acted beyond the Constitution, and this letter checkmates that conclusion. The judge will have everything she needs to feed Trump his own @ss in an airtight decision, no matter what the response is.

  19. The Dems can’t get the fuck out of their own way. YOU NEED A SOCK FULL OF BATTERIES NOT DECORUM.

  20. DOGE has made noises, but there are no set funds to dismantle the DOE. If you defund the Executive, you’re defunding the DOE. You’re doing Trump’s job for him.

    Right now, we have court cases against dismantling the DOE. If Congress does it, it becomes constitutional. You’re thinking about this is all wrong.

  22. Dems need to be more forceful in Congress and in the media, sure. But you don’t go fire and brimstone in what will be part of a legal brief. You set the stage calmly and concisely. That’s what Connelly did, and that’s what will win in court.

  23. Oh good, a letter. Trump certainly would never just ignore it like he’s done with many other letters from Congress. I’m sure this will be the one that he complies with.

  24. Then what *is* he doing? Head of doge but not part of doge? Someone make up their minds.

  25. why does it matter if you work for an organization or not ? You would just show up and tell people what to do and how to do things , the difference is just you don’t have any authority or permissions to do so. Same as someone who doesn’t belong or work there. Oh wait…

  26. Dems need to quicken the pace. Just today the WP reports, “Leland Dudek, a data analyst working in a small anti-fraud office, was suspected of sharing unauthorized access to information with representatives of Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service. Now he’s the acting Social Security commissioner.”
    Social Security is maybe the most sensitive political issue with seniors — who vote in large numbers. Definitely DEFCON-1.

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