In mid-September, as tech billionaire Elon Musk intensified his efforts to elect Donald Trump as president, a wave of letters arrived at the Department of Transportation, asking the agency to turn over any emails and text messages that federal workers sent about the world’s wealthiest man and his sprawling technology empire.
The requests were like thousands of others sent in the past two years by Trump-allied groups seeking to identify perceived partisans within the federal government. Some have focused on diversity, equity and inclusion programs, others on employees who shared “off the record” information with reporters and on emails referencing “climate change.” It’s a massive fishing expedition that has already sent a chill through federal agencies bracing for Trump’s second term.
While Trump distanced himself from the Heritage Foundation during the campaign over Project 2025 – the organization’s much-maligned blueprint for a second term – the organization remains a key resource for the transition team as it works to staff thousands of positions in Trump’s new government. America First Policy Institute also has close ties to Trump’s transition.
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