Elon Musk, the billionaire White House adviser, will listen to the May 21 press in the oval office of President Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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The judge ruled Tuesday that lawsuits claiming Elon Musk and government efficiency could move forward, alleging that federal businesses violate the business.
US District Judge Tanya Chatkan Ordering page 42 The lawsuit filed by several Democrats attorney generals denying any motions to dismiss the case, but Chutkan has granted the motion to dismiss President Trump as the defendant.
The ruling underscores often competing accounts of the power Musk and the Doge entity were given to implement Trump’s agenda, and how public statements and actions underline the efforts to disregard that power in court.
Chukkan, a former president of President Barack Obama, found that the plaintiffs provided sufficient initial evidence to allow their claim that Musk as a special government employee has the same authority as Senate-approved Cabinet officials.
“At this stage, Musk clearly claims that he will make decisions about “federal spending, contracts, government property, and the very existence of federal agencies,” Chukkan wrote.
The state claims Trump violated the constitutional appointment clause. He fired mass shootings without Congressional approval, ending grants and contracts, and granted the Musk and Doj sweep authority to access confidential government data.
Requests for comment have been submitted to the White House.
in statementNew Mexico Attorney General Raul Trez said Tuesday’s decision was “an important milestone for maintaining the American system of checks and balance.” Torrez added:
Musk and his government lawyers say he is not in charge of Doge – speaking legally – Musk, Trump and countless other administration officials regularly nominate billionaires as leaders of their efforts, promoting their suspected success.
In a May 1 interview with Fox News, Doge X Account In an “interview with the Doge team,” Fox’s Jesse Watters said Musk “is sufficient to invite us to the “10pm Doge Meeting.”
Musk has pledged to take a step back from government work to focus on Tesla, SpaceX and his other companies, and in a call with Tesla investors, revised its savings target of $2 trillion to $1.5 million by the end of the total performance year, claiming that the Doge team has “made a lot of progress in dealing with waste and fraud.”
Given the targets of Doge’s cuts, that number can be difficult to reach. Entities also have an inaccurate and exaggerated history of savings claims.
Musk criticizes Trump’s bill
The claims about savings are also at the heart of new Musk’s criticism of Congressional laws, including a large part of Trump’s agenda.
in Interview snippets shared by CBS News On Tuesday, Musk said he was “disappointed” by the so-called “big, beautiful bill” that passed by his house. The Republican-backed efforts will add trillions of dollars to federal debt, primarily through permanent extensions to wipe-off tax cuts.
“I’m frankly disappointed when I see a massive spending bill, which not only reduces it, it also increases the budget deficit and undermines the work the Doge team is doing,” Musk said. “I think the bill will grow, or it’s beautiful. But I don’t know if it’s both.”
