Good riddance, Elon Musk.

This week the richest man in the world’s status as a Special Government Employee came to an end. But let’s be clear: he isn't off the hook for his chaos and corruption.

We must hold him accountable.

Elon Musk’s brief but destructive rampage through our federal government has caused — and will continue to cause — real pain and chaos for millions of Americans.

Despite his department’s silly name, he made our government much less efficient — like by firing hundreds of thousands of federal workers and dedicated civil servants and making others send weekly emails to him about what they’re up to. Or cutting Social Security resources and creating longer wait times, backlogged cases, and months of longer waiting times for benefits. Or cruelly halting humanitarian aid efforts in real-time — costing lives.

Estimates have shown that his mass firings will actually cost the US government upwards of $135 billion this fiscal year because of all the rehirings, paid administrative leave, and lost productivity.

While he was operating under the veil of “rooting out waste” in our government, he was cutting funding for cancer research, veterans programs, and aid for American farmers, all while making $8 million a day from government contracts.

And while he said he was “eliminating fraud” he and his band of 22-year-old programmers were gaining access to the private financial information of millions of Americans.

Again, we’re not letting him off the hook. That’s why I’m calling for an investigation into conflicts of interest at DOGE. I’m pressing for the Justice Department to look into whether DOGE minions potentially violated criminal conflicts of interest or violated federal ethics rules at the Treasury Department, the CFPB, and the IRS.

DOGE is still operating under leaders with clear conflicts of interest: Like holding stock in companies that are subject to investigation by the CFPB, or owning shares of Intuit, the parent company of TurboTax, while also working to end the IRS’ free Direct File program.

The American people deserve accountability. Neither Elon Musk or those working on his behalf in DOGE are above the law, and I’m going to stay on it.

Thanks for being a part of this,

Elizabeth