Elon Musk listens when reporters ask US President Donald Trump and South Africa President Cyril Ramaphos during the availability of the press in an oval office in the White House on May 21, 2025 in Washington.
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His. Jeanne Shahene called the president Donald Trump on Wednesday to demand a billionaire Elon Musk and its special government employees DOSE The project is confirmed before leaving the government service, which they cannot use for personal benefit of any private government data to which they gained access.
Shaheen, Dn.h., Wa letter Trump, he noticed that Tesla CEO employees Musk and Doge have “unprecedented” access to “huge swaths of some of the most sensitive US government data” in a wide range of federal agencies.
Doge, whose employees are veterans of Musk, apparently gained access to data in Social security administrationTDepartment of DepartmentConsumer Finance Protection Office, Medicare and Medicaid Services centers and several others, in the letter said.
Her letter was first reported by NBC News.
The Department of Government Musk, on the order of Trump, reduced or tried to eliminate federal agencies, their staff and other resources.
Targeted agencies include those that are designed to supervise Musk.
“I am very concerned about the fact that SGES (special government employees), many of whom come from the technological field, can return to the private sector and use information not public from the federal government to ensure his personal economic activity unfair and anti -teaching,” wrote Shaheen.
The senator and member of the US committee Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) is visible at the hearing confirming the Commission of the Commission of Foreign Relations of the Senate at the Capitol on March 4, 2025.
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In the letter he noticed that Steve Bannon, a right -wing provocator, who was the best adviser to the White House Trump in his first official period, “shares my concern.”
“According to the last report:” Bannon also said that he wanted a certification letter showing that no one had taken any data from the Trump administration or the government, to which the editor -in -chief of Semaphore Ben Smith asked: “Sounds as if you were not trusted (Musk) not to take data?” “Shaheen wrote.
The senior White House clerk called the Senator's letter “senseless”.
The official added in a statement to the NBC that “SGES are already obliged to comply with the principles of the ethics of the executive department, including rules regarding the improper use of a position or other resources or government information.”
Musk, who is the richest person in the world, was the largest financial supporter of Trump in the 2024 election.
He runs a portfolio of companies that include a manufacturer of Tesla electric vehicles as well as the Air Contractor and Defense of SpaceX, which includes Starlink, a wireless internet service based on satellite.
His latest undertaking, XAI, develops models and products of artificial intelligence, such as AI Chatbot GROK, which require huge amounts of training data.
Xai recently merged with the X, a social company, previously known as Twitter.
The 130-day Muska limit as a special government employee is approaching quickly, just like some of his Doge employees.
While some Doge employees are ready to undertake long -term government work, others may soon go to the private sector. This caused questions about the protection of sensitive data and systems to which they gained access during their term in the Doge.
X is already in hot water with Canadian supervision of privacy, which is investigating whether the company has used personal data GROK train without users' consent.
Musk claimed that Doge had saved money for the federal government.
But New York Times Analysis and others said that Doge and Musk have repeatedly overestimated the impact of their work.
The partnership of the public service estimated that Doge can cost taxpayers $ 135 billion This financial year, partly due to the costs of shooting and erecting employees on a paid vacation, as well as due to the re -employed employees whose talents are still needed.
In an interview on Tuesday with an anchor CNBC David Faber, Musk said that the dog would reduce the federal government by $ 160 billion from 2025 to 2026, which he characterized as “16% road to a trill in five months.”
Musk and Doge initially sought to reduce $ 2 trillion from the federal budget. But later they moved to $ 1 trillion.