Public Citizen is suing Donald Trump.

We filed our lawsuit just moments after Trump was sworn in Monday.

• Our lawsuit is about Trump’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (a.k.a. DOGE).

• The suit explains that DOGE is what’s known as an advisory committee, which means it is subject to a 1972 law called the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

• The law requires that such committees be “fairly balanced in terms of the points of view represented and the functions to be performed” and that they operate transparently.

• DOGE is most definitely not fairly balanced and most definitely not set up to operate transparently.

• DOGE will be run by Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, putting him in a position to drive policy recommendations in Trump’s second term.

• And although Trump says that DOGE is about “efficiency,” the true intent is to spike corporate profits by rolling back vital regulatory protections — on things like clean air, safe food, and workplace safety — and to slash government spending on vital programs like nutrition assistance and Medicaid.

Forcing DOGE to comply with the law is one way to shine light on the Trump regime’s conflicts of interest and to fight back against its extremist, pro-corporate agenda.

But winning a legal battle like this will not be easy.

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