They file a lawsuit against Trump over the working group led by Musk
A group of organizations have filed a lawsuit against the president of the United States, Donald Trump, following the task force he created to reform public administration and led by Elon Musk, the richest man in the world.
According to the American Federation of Federal Employees (AFGE), the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) goes against the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), which establishes that a group Work such as this must be balanced in terms of members and points of view.
For AFGE, which represents about 800,000 federal employees, Trump and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) “DOGE members do not have a fair balance of views, meetings are held in secret and without prior notice.” public, and the records and work product are not available to the public,” according to a statement released Tuesday.
AFGE, together with Public Citizen and State Democracy Defenders Fund, have filed a complaint in federal court in Washington against Trump and OMB for the working group led by Musk, which “is harassed by both conflicts of interest and opinions.” biased and extremist views of the billionaire libertarian class,” according to Robert Weissman, co-president of Public Citizen.
This complaint is added to the one filed on Monday, the same day of the inauguration of Trump’s second term, by the National Security Counselors, which also claims that DOGE violates FACA, which regulates the functions and transparency of federal advisory committees. .
Following his election victory last November, Trump tasked Musk and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy with leading DOGE, a non-governmental task force aimed at reducing and restructuring public administration in order to save billions of dollars for businesses. state coffers.
Ramaswamy, however, left this working group on Monday to focus on an elective position in the state of Ohio, possibly for the position of governor, as US media has reported.
