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Elon Musk

Head of Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)

Led DOGE from January to May 2025, targeting federal agencies for dismantlement. DOGE accessed Treasury, OPM, and SSA databases containing data on hundreds of millions of Americans without proper authorization. Federal judges blocked the access. The initiative resulted in a 9% reduction of the federal civilian workforce.

Linked Incidents

12 Total incidents
1 War Crime / Crime Against Humanity
2 Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern
8 Serious Rights Violation
1 Major Abuse of Power
2 potential 10 enabling
Updated March 26, 2026 Corruption & Self-Dealing
Serious Rights Violation Ongoing Judicial finding

DOGE Unauthorized Access to Treasury, OPM, and Social Security Databases

DOGE accessed Treasury, OPM, and SSA databases containing millions of Americans' personal data without authorization or completed background checks. Federal judges ordered data disgorged and deleted, …

  • DOGE staff were granted access to Treasury's central payment system (handling trillions in tax refunds, Social Security benefits, and …
  • A federal judge found DOGE staffers were given access before background checks were completed or inter-agency detail agreements were …
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Updated March 26, 2026 Corruption & Self-Dealing
Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern Ongoing Judicial finding

DOGE Associates Gained Access to $6 Trillion Treasury Payment System

DOGE associates including Tom Krause (Broadcom executive) and Marko Elez (25-year-old with racist posts) accessed Treasury's $6 trillion payment system. Elez was mistakenly given write access to …

  • DOGE associates were granted access to the Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service, which processes over $6 trillion in annual payments …
  • Tom Krause, former Broadcom CFO and current CEO of Cloud Service Group, was made an unpaid 'senior advisor for technology and modernization' …
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Updated March 26, 2026 Corruption & Self-Dealing
Serious Rights Violation Ongoing Reported record

DOGE Employees Matched Social Security Data with Voter Rolls to Pursue Voter Fraud Claims

DOGE employees at SSA secretly worked with a political advocacy group to match Social Security data with voter rolls to find 'evidence of voter fraud and to overturn election results.' A signed …

  • In March 2025, a political advocacy group — believed to be True the Vote — contacted DOGE employees at SSA with a request to analyze state …
  • One DOGE team member signed a 'Voter Data Agreement' with the advocacy group on March 24, 2025, in his capacity as an SSA employee, without …
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Updated March 26, 2026 Federal Dismantlement
Serious Rights Violation Ongoing Judicial finding

DOGE-Directed Mass Firings and Forced Resignations of Federal Workers

DOGE directed mass firings of probationary employees, coerced ~75,000 resignations through the 'Fork in the Road' program, and orchestrated reductions in force totaling ~300,000 federal positions. …

  • On January 28, 2025, OPM sent the 'Fork in the Road' email — modeled on Elon Musk's Twitter layoffs — offering federal employees paid leave …
  • On February 14 ('Valentine's Day Massacre'), DOGE directed agencies to fire nearly 25,000 probationary employees, many falsely labeled as …
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Updated March 26, 2026 Civil Rights
Major Abuse of Power Ongoing Reported record

DOGE-Directed Elimination of Federal DEI Programs and Mass Firings of DEI Workers

Executive Order 14151 directed elimination of all federal DEI programs. DOGE implemented a three-phase purge, firing thousands of workers — including many who had no current DEI role — using AI tools …

  • Executive Order 14151, signed January 20, 2025, directed agencies to terminate all DEI offices, positions, equity action plans, DEI-related …
  • OPM gave agencies until noon on January 23 — just three days — to report all DEIA offices, employees, and contractors, and to develop …
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Updated March 25, 2026 Federal Dismantlement
Serious Rights Violation Ongoing Active litigation

Schedule F Reclassification: Mass Removal of Civil Service Protections

Schedule F reclassification targets 50,000 federal employees for removal of civil service protections, enabling political firing for 'subversion of presidential directives.' The rule strips appeal …

  • Approximately 50,000 federal employees (2% of the federal workforce) will be reclassified into 'Schedule Policy/Career,' losing civil …
  • The final rule removes statutory whistleblower protections and prevents workers from appealing their reclassification to the Merit Systems …
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Updated March 25, 2026 Federal Dismantlement
War Crime / Crime Against Humanity Ongoing Official executive action

Systematic Dismantlement of USAID and Global Humanitarian Consequences

Systematic destruction of the US Agency for International Development resulted in termination of lifesaving programs across the developing world, with The Lancet projecting 9.4 million additional …

  • The Lancet projects 9.4 million additional deaths by 2030 as a direct result of the USAID dismantlement, making this potentially the single …
  • 23 million children lost access to education and 95 million people lost access to basic healthcare when USAID programs were terminated.
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Updated March 25, 2026 Federal Dismantlement
Serious Rights Violation Ongoing Official executive action

FEMA Dismantlement — Budget Cuts, Mass Layoffs, and Destruction of Disaster Response Capacity

A systematic effort to dismantle federal disaster preparedness and response capacity through budget cuts, mass layoffs, program terminations, and structural reorganization. FEMA's workforce has …

  • FEMA's workforce shrank from approximately 29,000 to 23,000 in 2025 — a loss of one-third of its staff since Trump's second term began.
  • The proposed FY2026 budget cuts FEMA by $646 million. Plans call for a 50% total workforce reduction, a 41% disaster response staff cut, and …
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8
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Updated September 25, 2025 Federal Dismantlement
Serious Rights Violation Ongoing Judicial finding

Mass Firing of Inspectors General Across Federal Government

Trump fired at least 17 inspectors general across the federal government without the advance notice to Congress that the Inspector General Act generally requires, and a later federal ruling said the …

  • At least 17 inspectors general were removed in a single sweep across multiple agencies.
  • The Inspector General Act generally requires notice to Congress before removal.
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5
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Updated March 27, 2026 Federal Dismantlement
Serious Rights Violation Ongoing Judicial finding

DOGE Shuts Down Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: 'CFPB RIP'

DOGE operationally shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — a Congressionally-created agency protecting 330 million Americans from financial fraud — by ordering staff to cease all work, …

  • On February 8, 2025, CFPB Acting Director Russell Vought ordered all staff and contractors to 'not perform any work tasks,' effectively …
  • DOGE deleted the CFPB's X (Twitter) account and gained administrative access to the agency's internal computer systems, content management …
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Updated March 27, 2026 Federal Dismantlement
Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern Reported record

DOGE Fires 350 Nuclear Weapons Workers at NNSA, Including Pantex Warhead Assemblers

DOGE fired 350 NNSA nuclear weapons workers, including warhead assemblers at Pantex and radioactive waste managers at Savannah River, as part of a 2,000-person Department of Energy purge. Most firings …

  • On February 13, 2025, approximately 350 NNSA employees were abruptly terminated as part of a DOGE purge across the Department of Energy …
  • The Pantex Plant near Amarillo, Texas — where nuclear warheads are assembled and disassembled — absorbed about 30% of the cuts. Fired …
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Updated March 27, 2026 Federal Dismantlement
Serious Rights Violation Ongoing Reported record

DOGE Guts National Weather Service: 30 Offices Lose Lead Meteorologists Ahead of Hurricane Season

DOGE fired over 600 National Weather Service employees including hurricane hunters, meteorologists, and storm modelers, leaving 30 forecast offices without lead meteorologists. The NWS Goodland, …

  • On February 27, 2025, the Commerce Department and NOAA fired more than 600 probationary employees at the National Weather Service, including …
  • By May 2025, 30 of the NWS's 122 forecast offices lacked a lead meteorologist. Goodland, Kansas — normally staffed with 13 meteorologists — …
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