Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has begun auditing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) after Musk called for its dissolution. DOGE personnel have embedded themselves within the CFPB's Washington, D.C. headquarters. Musk believes the CFPB is an example of wasteful government spending and argues for the reduction of duplicative regulatory agencies.
Elon Musk ’s Department of Government Efficiency has begun its auditing protocols at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau , after he said the agency should be “deleted.”
Musk, who was hand-picked by President Donald Trump to reduce wasteful and fraudulent spending within the government, told the bureau to “RIP” in a Friday afternoon post on X, shortly after BloombergThree members of the DOGE team have already arrived at the CFPB’s Washington, DC. headquarters and “embedded” themselves inside, the outlet reported.“There are too many duplicative regulatory agencies,” the tech mogul wrote on X.
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