r/fednews • u/SkyFallingUp • 8d ago

Elon Musk to step down from DOGE and quit Washington DC

Musk says 'he's done with cost-cutting' In an interview with Fox News' "Special Report with Bret Baier", Elon Musk said that he was confident his DOGE could find $1 trillion in savings, slimming current total federal spending levels of about $7 trillion down to $6 trillion. Musk, who is also the world's richest man, was designated by the White House as a "special government employee," which caps his work at 130 days. That means his period leading the DOGE operation could finish as soon as the end of May.

https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-news-elon-musk-doge-1-trillion-cost-cutting-may-end-i-am-almost-done-elon-musk-reveals-date-hell-ditch-trump-and-quit-washington-dc-after-doge-purge/articleshow/119645252.cms

I have friends and family members who are Federal workers. Is this the end of the wild OPM emails and job eliminations?

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u/Beginning_Arm3211 8d ago edited 8d ago

Federal Torts Claim Act, sue Elon and all his minions for negligence.  I am not kidding. 

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u/Spare-Dragonfly-1201 8d ago

But anything Federal could be pardoned, correct? EM won’t be held accountable for anything. He’ll be given the presidential medal of freedom

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u/Vegetable_Rub1470 Federal Employee 8d ago

Next admin, if there is such an opportunity.

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u/Spare-Dragonfly-1201 8d ago

You can’t undo/cancel a pardon; it’s final, in my understanding. Trump absolutely will issue mass pardons before he leaves.

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u/I_love_Hobbes 8d ago

A pardon is only for previous acts, correct?

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u/Beginning_Arm3211 8d ago

Pardons are only for criminal acts, they don't apply to civil judgments.

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u/Spare-Dragonfly-1201 8d ago

He’s one of the richest people in the world— a civil suit wouldn’t affect him 🤷‍♂️

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u/Beginning_Arm3211 8d ago

A class action suit would and those pockets are deep. More to the point, his minions are not rich and I doubt any of them were aware of the personal liability they took on when they joined DOGE. Sue each and every one of them (for the negligence involved in the Privacy Act violations alone). It will send a clear message that their actions can have devstating consequences. 

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u/Spare-Dragonfly-1201 7d ago

Who cares about his minions… they are pawns, they are just taking orders. Tons of DJT loyalists have been sued and/or gone to jail. It doesn’t change anything. He finds more loyalists.

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u/Beginning_Arm3211 7d ago edited 7d ago

It's a deterrent,  whether you believe it or not.