DOGE Was Run by Billionaires with Financial Conflicts — and It May Have Broken Federal Law

DOGE was run by billionaires with financial conflicts — and it may have broken federal law

Donald Trump tapped Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, and Vivek Ramaswamy, another billionaire, to head his “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE).But according to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, membership of entities like DOGE must be “fairly balanced in terms of the points of view represented and the functions to be performed.”

EDITORIAL: Federal conflict law is notoriously weak

When the law was passed, the belief was that a finding that someone had engaged in a conflict of interest would be an effective deterrent