Impact: Senators Call on DOJ to Investigate Potential DOGE Conflicts of Interest After ProPublica Report
by Jake Pearson
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What Happened: Three Democratic senators asked the Justice Department and other federal authorities to investigate whether members of the Department of Government Efficiency helping to downsize federal agencies violated conflict of interest laws by holding stocks in companies that their agencies regulate.
The letter sent Wednesday by Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden and Jack Reed cited ProPublica reporting on how one such aide assigned to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau helped oversee the mass layoffs of the agency’s staff while holding as much as $715,000 in stocks that bureau employees are prohibited from owning.
What They Said: The DOGE aides’ cases “underscore what appears to be a pervasive problem with Elon Musk and DOGE........
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