Trump Signs Executive Order Creating Musk-Led DOGE

I will end all of the Marxist diversity, equity and inclusion policies across the entire federal government immediately

Trump said in December

DOGE is operating unchecked, without authorization or funding from Congress and is led by unelected billionaires who are not representative of ordinary Americans,

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington said in a statement

If the Trump administration changes the structure of DOGE to be a government office, that would potentially moot the case,

McClanahan told the outlet

Not a single member of DOGE is a federal employee or represents the perspective of federal employees, despite the evidence that DOGE intends to provide recommendations regarding federal employment practices and ways to reduce the size of the federal workforce,

the lawsuit reads

DOGE’s members do not have a fair balance of viewpoints, meetings are held in secret and without public notice, and records and work product are not available to the public,

their lawsuit reads

DOGE is not exempted from FACA’s requirements,

according to one of the lawsuits filed by the public interest law firm National Security Counselors

The advice and guidance that Mr Trump has charged DOGE with producing is sweeping and consequential. DOGE -- the members of which currently do not represent the interests of everyday Americans -- will be recommending cuts to government agencies and programs that protect health, benefits, consumer finance, and product safety,

it added

This advisory committee led by Musk and Ramaswamy, who hold financial interests that will be directly affected by federal budgetary and regulatory policies, is beset both by conflicts of interest and the biased and extremist views of the libertarian billionaire class,

said Robert Weissman, co-president of Public Citizen, one of the watchdog groups on the suit

Nobody disputes that there is a huge amount of wasteful spending in the federal government. Our only concern is that DOGE, as it is currently constituted, lacks the expertise to understand how its recommendations will backfire if it pushes federal workers out without understanding why they are there in the first place,

Kel McClanahan, executive director of National Security Counselors, told Newsweek in an emailed statement

This is not about sour grapes. This is not people suing because they were not picked. This is people suing because nobody like them was picked, and as a result nobody will be in the room to make sure DOGE understands the critical perspectives they would provide."

Kel McClanahan, executive director of National Security Counselors, told Newsweek in an emailed statement

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DOGE's stacked membership, far from being fairly balanced, reveals that only one viewpoint is represented: that of 'small-government crusaders' with backgrounds in either the tech industry or Republican politics,

the complaint notes, quoting Musk and Ramaswamy's description of who they seek to hire

Government work is not corporate work, and any recommendations made without that perspective are doomed to fail,

he said

Doge isn’t a federal advisory committee because Doge doesn’t really exist,

Hammond told the outlet

Vivek has worn out his welcome,

one person close to Trump told CBS