Judge Calls DOJ Answers About Musk DOGE Role ‘Highly Suspicious’

A federal judge overseeing a lawsuit claiming Elon Musk is wielding vast unconstitutional power to reshape US government said he was “highly suspicious” of the Trump administration’s incomplete explanation of the billionaire’s actual role.

US District Judge Theodore Chuang on Friday grilled a US Justice Department lawyer during a hearing in Maryland about the structure and actions of the Department of Government Efficiency. The judge said that while the government had represented in court that Musk isn’t the head of DOGE, it wasn’t offering complete details about his role or who is running the new agency.

Chuang is the latest ...