The Elite Lawyers Working for Elon Musk's DOGE Include Former Supreme Court Clerks
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The Elite Lawyers Working for Elon Musk’s DOGE Include Former Supreme Court Clerks
Much attention has been paid to the young Silicon Valley engineers working for Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, but the group has also hired high-powered legal talent.
by Justin Elliott, Avi Asher-Schapiro and Andy Kroll
Feb. 7, 2025, 5:25 p.m. EST
As members of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have fanned out across the government in recent days, attention has focused on the young Silicon Valley engineers who are wielding immense power in the new administration.
But ProPublica has identified three lawyers with elite establishment credentials who have also joined the DOGE effort.
Two are former Supreme Court clerks — one clerked for Chief Justice John Roberts, another for Justice Neil Gorsuch — and the third has been selected to be a Gorsuch clerk for the 2025-2026 term.
Two of the lawyers’ names have not been previously reported as working for DOGE.
https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-doge-lawyers-supreme-court