How Trump administration’s purge of agencies and inspectors could slow investigations into Elon Musk Administration has fired inspectors generals and attempted to shut down agencies tied to Musk probes.
Democrats are raising alarms that the Trump administration is eliminating government watchdogs and allowing White House adviser Elon Musk to blatantly enter into potential conflicts of interest through his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) spending cuts operation.
“If Elon Musk comes across a conflict of interest with the contracts and the funding that DOGE is overseeing, then Elon will excuse himself from those contracts,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt insisted recently.
Last month, the White House removed scores of inspectors general across federal agencies, including at agencies looking into Musk’s companies.
The warning from Schiff is just the latest sign of concern over Musk’s unprecedented role within the government as both a White House employee and a businessman with billions of dollars in federal contracts and potential regulation costs on the line.
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