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THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2025
White House says Musk is not DOGE employee, has no authority to make decisions

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Reuters
18 February, 2025, 01:10 pm
Last modified: 18 February, 2025, 01:11 pm

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White House says Musk is not DOGE employee, has no authority to make decisions

According to a filing signed by Joshua Fisher, director of the Office of Administration at the White House, Musk can only advise the president and communicate the president's directives

Reuters
18 February, 2025, 01:10 pm
Last modified: 18 February, 2025, 01:11 pm
Elon Musk listens to US President Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, February 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Elon Musk listens to US President Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, February 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

Billionaire Elon Musk's role in the Trump administration is as a White House employee and senior adviser to the president, and is not an employee of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and has no decision-making authority, the White House said in a court filing on Monday.

According to a filing signed by Joshua Fisher, director of the Office of Administration at the White House, Musk can only advise the president and communicate the president's directives.

"Like other senior White House advisors, Mr Musk has no actual or formal authority to make government decisions himself," it said.

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Fisher's filing, made in a case brought against Musk by the State of New Mexico, said that Musk was not an employee of the US DOGE Service, or the US DOGE Service Temporary Organization, and added: "Mr Musk is not the US DOGE Service Administrator."

DOGE has swept through federal agencies since Donald Trump began his second term as president last month and put Musk, the chief executive of carmaker Tesla in charge of rooting out wasteful spending as part of a dramatic overhaul of government that has included thousands of job cuts.

 

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