DOGE’s earlier actions at the Treasury have become a focus of congressional scrutiny and a federal court battle in recent days. Musk’s team initially tried to halt money going to the U.S. Agency for International Development from the Treasury’s payment system.

Elon Musk put the Federal Reserve on notice that the central bank could face an audit from his Department of Government Efficiency after he claimed the Fed is "absurdly overstaffed."

Musk describes himself as “White House tech support,” and he has embedded himself in an unorthodox administration where there are no discernible limits on his influence.