President Donald Trump is pushed to prevent Elon Musk from taking advantage of the American government's private information after the end of Elon's short -term federal concert.
This pressure came directly from Senator Jeanne Shaheen, who urged Trump on Wednesday to force Elon and all the other employees of the Ministry of Government (DOGE) to sign legal documents indicating that they will not use the non -public data acquired during their work for the government.
This request followed concerns that Elon and his team had access to confidential data covering a wide range of agencies, which could end up being used for personal purposes once they leave public service.
Shaheen, a Democrat in New Hampshire, said that Doge's staff includes many former Elon companies like Tesla and Spacex, and that they have described as “unprecedented” access to massive quantities of sensitive information.
The agencies involved include Social Security Administration, the Treasury, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and others who are not appointed.
Shaheen's concern is that without firm restrictions, some of these people could jump directly in the private sector and use what they have seen behind closed doors to strengthen their own companies or those related to Elon.
Shaheen stimulates the alarm on the risks of ethics with Doge departures
In his letter to Trump, Shaheen warned against what she described as the dangerous mixture of technological initiates and government access.
“I am very worried that sges [special government employees]Many of which come from the technological field, can return to the private sector and use non-public information from the federal government to give their personal commercial activities an unjust and anti-competitive boost, “she wrote.
Shaheen also said that Steve Bannon, a former white house strategist under Trump, shares this concern. Bannon told Ben Smith de Semafor that he wanted official proof that no one had taken government data. When asked if he meant that he did not trust Elon, Bannon replied: “Trust, but check”.
Despite all this, an official of the White House rejected Shaheen's letter as “useless” and said that the employees in question already had to respect the rules of federal ethics. This includes regulations which prohibit them to misuse their position or any information obtained in the government service.
Elon, who provided Trump's campaign in the 2024 campaign in 2024, is currently carrying out a mixture of high -level companies. These include Tesla, SpaceX and Starlink, as well as Xai, which builds artificial intelligence tools such as the Grok chatbot.
XAI recently merged with X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, which is currently the subject of a survey by Canada's privacy regulator for having allegedly used user data to form Grok without authorization. These developments criticized Elon’s access to government even more during his mandate in Doge.
Doge was created to help reduce waste in federal operations, and Trump has given Elon the reins. Since then, Elon has reduced the departments, emptied of agencies and has proposed to eliminate whole regulatory offices, most of whom are directly responsible for the supervision of its private companies.
The quarter of Elon in 130 days as SGE is almost increasing, as is the term for several employees of Doge. While some should occupy permanent government jobs, others provide for a return to the private sector.
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