The Democratic party in the United States announced a new platform for whistleblowers as part of their pushback efforts against President Donald Trump's “efficiency czar” Elon Musk's administrative crackdown to slash, what he claims as, unwanted federal expenditure and 'fraud.
Musk is heading the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). He been tasked by Trump to slash the size of the federal workforce as part of claimed efforts to save expenses his administration considers as “waste”.
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Taking a dig at the world's richest man, Democrats said the efforts of whistleblowers would be “invaluable” in the mission to hold those undermining democracy to account.
“In the first three weeks of his administration, President Trump has shown a blatant disregard for the rule of law and a callousness for the American people,” Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said in a joint statement with a lieutenant, Gary Peters.
“From the DOGE takeover of the Treasury Department to the federal funding freeze, this administration has wreaked havoc on programs that American families, seniors, students, veterans, and others have come to depend upon,” they said.
Musk, described by the White House as a “special government employee”, has cracked down on the US Agency for International Development, which he described as a ‘criminal organisation’.
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