Musk Increases Attacks on Judges Who Rule That DOGE Must Pause

Feb. 11, 2025, 5:47 PM UTC

Elon Musk, now President Donald Trump’s most prominent adviser, has increased his attacks on the federal officials and judges he sees as obstacles to his sweeping government cost-cutting crusade.

It’s a tactic the world’s richest person has long employed to take on his political and corporate rivals. But now, from his perch in the White House as a special government employee, his threats of retribution and calls for impeachment on X have taken on new heft.

Musk’s latest targets are the federal judges who will decide whether Trump’s blitz of executive orders — and Musk’s actions in carrying ...

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