Trump-Appointed DC Attorney Offers to Protect Musk’s DOGE Staff

The newly appointed interim US attorney for the District of Columbia said he would take legal action against anyone who impedes or threatens Elon Musk’s government-efficiency staff, raising the stakes after repeated confrontations between the group and civil servants at various US agencies.

“Our initial review of the evidence presented to us indicates that certain individuals and/or groups have committed acts that appear to violate the law in targeting DOGE employees,” Edward Martin said in a statement from the US attorney’s office that was posted to X, the social-media site Musk owns, on Monday night.

“We are in contact ...