Elon Musk's unclear position on the federal government's organization chart continues to generate controversy and legal problems for the Trump administration.
Despite being the seemingly powerful, very public face of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), with the full backing of President Donald Trump, the administration's lawyers claim in various court filings that Musk has no official role in either of the White House units bearing the DOGE label.
Instead, as Reason's Jacob Sullum explained yesterday, they say that Musk is officially just a senior adviser to Trump within the White House office.
