President Donald Trump said that Elon Musk is in charge of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), after the White House submitted court papers saying the tech billionaire is only an adviser and isn’t leading the group.
The White House stated to a judge earlier this week that Musk was not in charge with respect to a lawsuit filed by Democratic attorneys general against Musk and DOGE.
But on Wednesday, Trump told investors at an event in Miami: “I signed an order creating the Department of Government Efficiency and put a man named Elon Musk in charge.”
Trump has often talked about Musk as the functional leader of DOGE, which is not a Cabinet-level department, featuring him in a news conference at the White House this month to answer questions about the program….