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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Who’s really in charge of DOGE if not Elon Musk? Government lawyers ‘don’t know’

Donald Trump’s administration doesn’t know, or won’t say, even in a courtroom when confronted by a judge, who is running the so-called U.S. DOGE Service, which Elon Musk and his team of engineers are using to wreak havoc across federal agencies.

During a hearing in Washington, D.C. on DOGE’s access to Department of Treasury records on Monday, government lawyers couldn’t answer whether an administrator for the agency even exists.

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