Legal filing says billionaire Trump aide is not an employee of so-called ‘department of government efficiency’

Billionaire Elon Musk’s role in Donald Trump’s second presidential administration is as an Oval Office employee and senior adviser to the president – and is not an employee of the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) and has no decision-making authority, the White House said in a court filing on Monday.

According to a filing signed by Joshua Fisher, director of the office of administration at the White House, Musk can only advise Trump and communicate the president’s directives.

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/18/turmp-elon-musk-doge