A House Democratic lawmaker said that if Democrats retake control of the House of Representatives, they will likely issue a subpoena to former Trump administration special government employee and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
Musk, who departed the administration last week in accordance with the expiration of his special government employee status, appeared alongside President Donald Trump in a news conference in the Oval Office on May 30. The tech billionaire played a key role in the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), whose mission is to root out fraud and cut wasteful government spending. So far, it reports it has helped save taxpayers tens of billions of dollars, but aims to raise that to more than $1 trillion.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) told MSNBC on Sunday that Democrats had “tried to subpoena Elon Musk before” but it was blocked by Republicans, who control the House and its committees.
“I think that unfortunately, we’re going to have to wait until the Democrats are in the majority—which will hopefully be in the midterms—and then we can absolutely bring Elon Musk in,” Crockett said.
Democrats, if they control the lower chamber, “can have him under oath, and we can have him tell us about everything that he did,” she added.
As he departed his Trump administration advisory position last week, Musk had spent 130 days as a special government employee. During his press conference with the president, both Trump and Musk indicated they were on good terms and that DOGE’s work would continue.
Earlier this year, Democrats had signaled on multiple occasions they weren’t pleased with government cuts that were requested by Musk, DOGE, and the White House since Trump took office in January.
In April, top Democrats on the Senate and House appropriations committees criticized Musk and Trump for blocking what they said was $430 billion in congressionally appropriated funding.
“Instead of investing in the American people, President Trump is ignoring our laws and ripping resources away,” said the Democrats in a statement. They said the funding that was cut or frozen by the Trump administration had been approved by Congress.
Since taking office in January, Trump has said that he wants to reduce overspending in the federal government and terminate various programs that don’t align with American priorities.
In a statement issued by the White House, Trump said at the time that DOGE is designed to bring “accountability and transparency to federal spending, ensuring taxpayer dollars are spent wisely and effectively,” which he said, “has already saved taxpayers billions of dollars.”
After DOGE was established via an executive order in January, its website has reported that more than $175 billion in contracts, grants, and leases have been cut so far. That amounts to more than $1,080 per taxpayer, according to the site.
When he was working in the government, Musk framed his work overhauling the federal government in existential terms. “If it’s not possible now, it will never be possible. This is our shot,” he told reporters in the Oval Office in February. “This is the best hand of cards we’re ever going to have. If we don’t take advantage of this best hand of cards, it’s never going to happen.”
In a CBS News interview published Sunday, Musk suggested that he wanted to slash funding to federal agencies because he views them as inefficient and wasteful, likening the federal government to an oversized Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), an area of government infamous for its inefficiency.
“But my frank opinion of the government is that, like, the government is just, like, the DMV that got big, okay? So, when you say it like, ‘Let’s have the government do something,’ you should think, ‘Do you want the DMV to do it?’” he asked.
The Epoch Times contacted the White House and Musk’s company, X, for comment on Sunday.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
By all means, bring him in and have him lay out for the American people the theft and corruption of the Left.
Take any sane workable word like “DOGE” and put any “D” into the middle of it, and it becomes another Democrat DODGE when it comes to responsibility and accountability for the damage they do to society.
When that Crock of Democrat dung eaters speaks, like a true failing leftist, no good deed ever goes unpunished,,,,particularly those good deeds that make the Dems look not only incompetent, but shows them up for the law-breaking corrupters they really are. This crock of hate needs to be primary targeted and removed, along with her sad song singing group of media cheese chirpers that should now be called, and marketed, as “The Crocketts”,,,,a word that describes a band of really small political biting insects that feed off the excrement’s of society.
Democrats are not serious about positive change.
If re-elected they plan to do exactly what they have been doing for the past…almost a decade, namely attack Donald Trump, The United States and basically everything good in western culture.
AND DO all they can to schank this nation over..
Democrats, if they control the lower chamber, “can have him (Elon Musk) under oath, and we can have him tell us about everything that he did, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) added.
“tell us about everything that he did” All that Elon Musk did was to audit the government’s spending and found that the Democrat Party under their corrupt, puppet president Joe Biden’s administration wasted, stole and abused thousands of Billions of the taxpayers money. (probably TRILLIONS of dollars yet to be discovered)
Next question will anyone go to prison for the theft, waste and abuse of our taxpayers dollars???
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Highly unlikely.. Unfortunately.
“Tell us everything he did.”
They are too stupid and lazy to find out by working through the data. So, why don’t you just tell them where to repair the “damage” to their brand of “democracy”.
Facts are triggers for most of them.