The billionaire, who attended Donald Trump’s first cabinet meeting on Wednesday (26 February) despite not being a secretary, claimed that the government-wide email was an attempt to determine whether people currently on federal payrolls are real people and not sham identities to whom no-show jobs are assigned.
Elon Musk has declared that federal workers who have not responded to his email asking for a response about their weekly accomplishments or risk termination are presumed to be dead or “not real people.”.
“We think there are a number of people on the government payroll who are dead, which is probably why they can't respond, and some people who are not real people.”.
Holly Patrick | Wednesday 26 February 2025 20:08 GMT.
Neither Musk nor the White House has offered any evidence to support the claim.
