Elon Musk explained what the White House Doge office is doing, surrounded by top allies and Doge engineers on Thursday night.
One was particularly lacking in a Fox News interview with Brett Baier about a “special report.”
Acting office manager Amy Gleason was not among the seven people who surrounded Musk for more than 30 minutes. Her name was never mentioned.
Top allies, including longtime mask associate Steve Davis, have been publicly joining the world’s wealthiest man for the first time as representatives of the Doge team.
We also had Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia and former Morgan Stanley Banker Anthony Armstrong. Musk brought in Doge team engineer Aram Moghaddass.
Edward Coristine, who once played online under the nickname “Big Ball,” did not take part. Not even Marco Erez, who resigned after the inflammatory post revelation before Musk and Vice President JD Vance urged him to come back.
Doge Office was the dominant story for weeks during the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second term. The Trump administration is working with the Doge Office to launch mass shootings targeting thousands of employees.
Musk, officially a senior White House advisor, spoke to Fox News about the Dodge Office, among other things. This is the latest example of how Musk, the White House and others blurred his scope.
Gleeson and another White House official declared that Musk is not an employee of the Doge office, let alone the leader of the initiative. One of Gleeson’s declarations came to the fight over whether DOGE is subject to federal records laws.
The question is whether Doge is Trump’s order to rebrand existing US digital services to protect offices from the Freedom of Information Act requirements. In that case, Doge Office records will be sealed for years after Trump took office. Otherwise, Doge Office will be subject to a disclosure request immediately. A former Top National Archives official previously told BI that, in his view, Doge should be eligible for FOIA.
Nevertheless, Musk continues to act and is treated as the de facto leader of Doge. Several lawsuits relating to Doge’s actions attempt to clarify the role of Tesla’s CEO. Sometimes, even just Department of Justice lawyers have a hard time explaining it.
Federal Trade Unions and Democrats’ attorney general fought in court to stop the fire. They secured several victories, including a ruling that required the Trump administration to rehire several probation workers. Some probation employees returning to work previously told Business Insider that they were being paid to virtually nothing as the legal battle over their status continues.
A White House spokesman did not immediately answer questions about why Gleason didn’t take part in the interview.
