Ethics watchdogs and public interest groups filed multiple lawsuits against the Trump administration targeting the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and its leader, tech billionaire Elon Musk. The lawsuits allege that DOGE, conceived as an outside commission rather than a federal agency, has skirted transparency rules and failed to comply with federal regulations governing advisory committees.
Lucien Bruggeman and Laura RomeroPresident Trump took aim at Biden's leadership and highlighted some of the executive actions he will take during his inaugural address., a handful of ethics watchdogs and public interest groups filed lawsuits against the Trump administration targeting the controversial Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, and its outspoken leader, tech billionaire Elon Musk .
The influx of litigation filed as Trump delivered his second inaugural address highlights the unorthodox nature of DOGE, which Trump launched after his election triumph as a means to makeand workforce. Despite its name, DOGE was conceived not as an agency within the federal government, but as an outside commission led by Musk and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy.
A separate suit brought by the law firm National Security Counselors accuses DOGE of violating the Federal Advisory Committee Act, a 1972 law that regulates the establishment and operation of federal advisory committees. Under FACA, advisory committees like DOGE are required to hold public meetings, the suit claims."Laws have meaning, workers have rights, and real reform requires real accountability," an attorney who brought the suit told ABC News in a statement.
An 11-page suit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity, a climate-focused advocacy group, seeks a broad array of records from the Office of Management and Budget, including "all transition materials sent to or received by OMB referencing ... DOGE, Elon Musk, or Vivek Ramaswamy."
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