Senate Democrats say a harsh new report reveals how Elon Musk’s work in the government’s efficiency department, how Elon Musk avoids more than $2 billion in financial liabilities.
As Doge cuts government contracts, reduces the federal government’s real estate footprint and narrows the federal workforce for the head of the cost-cutting department, Musk has used his position to “self-enhance” and evades the permanent subcommittee’s Democrats in a 44-page report released Monday.
The report said Musk and his business faced $2.37 billion in potential liability as of January 2025, but he has since removed the main regulators and policymakers through the Governor who oversee or are leading the investigation of his company through the Governor.
“The thread connecting many of Mr. Musk’s decisions seemed to be self-inculcated and avoided obstacles he believed to promote his interests,” the Democrat said. His role “can allow him to escape supervision, derail and make the lawsuit disappear when he chooses – in accordance with his conditions and command.”
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A White House spokesman denied Musk used his role for “personal or financial interests” and told CNBC that “any otherwise any claim would otherwise be completely wrong and defamatory.”
Democrats on the Senate Subcommittee accused Elon Musk of abused his influence as governor and financial responsibility by cutting key positions in federal agencies that oversee the company. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Trump chose the richest man in the world and founder of Tesla, Neuralink, SpaceX, Xai and Boring Company-leader Doge.
“President Trump cannot choose someone more likely to have conflicts of interest,” Democrats said. “The nature of Mr. Musk’s business, and the large amount of income they earn from government contracts, means he is deeply entangled in the regulatory functions of the government that he is now entrenched.”
Democratic staff found that when President Donald Trump took office, Musk and his company “had at least 65 actual or potential actions from at least 65 different federal agencies.” They said he faced potential responsibility of $2.37 billion for 45 of them.
This includes a $1.59 million civil and criminal penalty related to Neuralink’s alleged violation of the Animal Welfare Act when conducting experiments on monkeys and pigs, and a $11.9 billion potential liability, related to Tesla’s “allegedly false or misunderstood statements about its autopilot and all of its autopilot capabilities.”
Democrats say the subcommittee cannot estimate responsibility for the other 25 people.
“The fact is that the breathtaking scope and scale of benefits Mr. Musk received from his current position may never be known, and this is by design. Silence is strategic, and it is dangerous.”
The report comes after Musk recently said he plans to withdraw from his role in Doge. “From next month, I’m going to allocate more time to Tesla,” he said last week.
A few days after the new poll found his popularity declined, the damn discovery also arrived. one Washington Post-ABC News-IPSOS poll found that 35% of Americans favor the way tech billionaires handle their work, while 57% disagree.
Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat on the subcommittee, also sent Letters Musk’s company and asked them to provide information by May 11.
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