2025-02-10 20:49:39

Democrats demand conflict-of-interest answers over Elon Musk ‘Doge’ role

Adam Schiff warns in letter to White House that Trump ally may use role to ‘shield his companies from federal scrutiny’The California senator Adam Schiff has demanded answers about Elon Musk’s potential conflicts of interest in his role leading the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), as evidence grows of his complex business relationship with agencies now facing cuts.In a Monday letter to White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, Schiff accused Musk of operating in a legal grey zone, noting that as a “special government employee” Musk is subject to strict conflict-of-interest regulations while retaining “significant financial interests in multiple private companies that benefit from federal government contracts”. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/10/democrats-elon-musk-doge

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