A new scathing relationship revealed how Elon Musk can avoid more than $ 2 billion in financial liabilities given its work to Government's efficiency department, According to the Senate Democrats.
While Doge has reduced government contracts, reduces the federal government's real estate footprint and reduces federal workforce, Musk, as head of cost reduction arm, used his position for “self-enrichment” and to dodge monitoringThe Democrats of the Permanent Subcommittee of Investigations wrote in a 44-page report published Monday.
Musk and his companies faced $ 2.37 billion in potential responsibility in January 2025, but he has since been, through Doge, removed key regulators and government entities who supervise or put investigations on his businesses, said the report.
“The line through the connection of Mr. Musk's many decisions seems to be self-enrichment and avoid what he perceives as obstacles to advance his interests,” said Democrats. His role “can allow him to escape surveillance, to derail the investigations and to make disputes the disputes each time he chooses it – in his terms and his command.”
The independent contacted the White House for comment.
A White House spokesman denied that Musk used his role for “personal or financial gain”, indicating CNBC that “any statement otherwise is completely false and defamatory”.
The Democrats of a Senate subcommittee accused Elon Musk of having abused his influence as chief of Doge and the financial plinth by reducing key positions in federal agencies that supervise his businesses. (AP photo / Jose Luis Magana)
Trump chose the The richest person in the world – and founder of TeslaNeize, next to it, next to it, SpacexXAI and the Boring business – To direct Doge.
“President Trump could not have chosen a person more prone to conflicts of interest,” the Democrats said. “The nature of Mr. Musk's companies, as well as their substantial income from government contracts, mean that it is deeply tangled in the regulatory functions of the government which it is now empowered to shape.”
Democratic staff found that the president's day Donald TrumpThe inauguration, Musk and its companies were subject to “at least 65 real or potential actions of 11 different federal agencies”. For 45 of them, he faced $ 2.37 billion in potential responsibility, they said.
This includes 1.59 million dollars in civil and criminal sanctions related to “alleged violations of the animal welfare law of Neuralink while carrying out experiences on monkeys and pigs” and $ 1.19 billion in potential responsibility linked to “allegedly false or deceptive statements of Tesla on its staging and its self-commissioning characteristics” report.
For the other 25, the subcommittee was unable to estimate the responsibility, the Democrats said.
“The truth is that the scope and the scale of the breathtaking advantages that Mr. Musk draws from his current position may never be known, and it is by design. Silence is strategic, and it is dangerous, ”says the report.
The report comes after Musk recently declared that he was planning to step back from his role at Doge. “From next month, I'm going to allocate a lot more of my time to Tesla,” he said last week.
The overwhelming conclusions also arrive a few days after a new poll revealed that its Popularity falls. A Washington Post-Abc News-Ipsos Survey revealed that 35% of Americans approve the way The technological billionaire manages his workCompared to 57% who disapprove.
Connecticut senator, Richard Blumenthal, a democratic member of the subcommittee, also sent Musk letters and asked them to provide information before May 11.
The Director of Communications of the White House, Steven Cheung, denounced Blumenthal as “clearly suffering from a debilitating and (incurable) case of Trump's disturbance syndrome which watched his brain”, in a press release at CNBC.
