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DOGE Whistleblower Claims Brakes Were Cut After Post From Elon Musk

Berulis says Musk’s false claim fueled online threats and increased the risk of violence after he reported alleged DOGE data access.

A federal employee who filed a whistleblower complaint against the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency said his car’s brake lines were cut last year just hours after Musk publicly accused him of lying. The claim appears in a newly unsealed defamation lawsuit, filed on April 17, against the billionaire. The whistleblower, Dan Berulis, an IT staffer with the National Labor Relations Board, filed a whistleblower complaint with Congres…

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