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Fortune
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

A 19-year-old who was reportedly fired from an internship for leaking internal information to competitors is now a DOGE 'senior advisor' in the State Department

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  • Teenager Edward Coristine, a member of the DOGE team, is now a senior adviser in several federal departments thanks to Elon Musk. Coristine was previously fired from an internship for reportedly leaking information to competitors. He also worked briefly at Musk’s brain-implant company Neuralink. 

Thanks to Elon Musk, a teenager with a rocky track record now wields significant influence in the federal government as a senior advisor in multiple departments.

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