Teams for President Donald Trump - and his right-hand man, billionaire Elon Musk - have reportedly proposed spreading fake information, planting “spies” or accessing employee emails to catch the federal workers who may be leaking internal messages to the media.
Plants and fake news: All the ways Trump and Musk have floated catching government leaks Several internal memos and emails have been sent to the media revealing the behind-the-scenes of the Trump administration takeover.
Since Trump reclaimed the Oval Office on January 20 there has been no shortage of leaks about the president’s plans to re-vamp the federal government or Musk’s attempts to overhaul the federal workforce.
Before Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency team infiltrated the U.S. Agency for International Development, sought to dissolve it and temporarily made it part of the State Department, staffers were reportedly sent an email threatening “disciplinary action” for communicating information outside of the agency.
Staffers who have experienced the transition from the Biden administration to the Trump administration appear to be fearful as Trump and his allies in the government seemingly have zero hesitation in placing employees on administrative leave or firing them.
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