DOGE attempt at GAO is ‘intrusion’ into legislative branch, Dems say - Roll Call

As the White House angles to exert control over the Library of Congress, Democrats defended the independence of another legislative branch agency on Friday.

A spokesman for the Government Accountability Office confirmed that the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency attempted to assign a team there but was rebuffed.  

“I can confirm that GAO has been contacted by DOGE staffers seeking to assign a team to GAO,” the spokesman said in a statement, without saying when the request occurred. “As a legislative branch agency, GAO is not subject to Executive Orders and has therefore declined any requests to have a DOGE team assigned to GAO.”