Tech billionaire Elon Musk offered new details about the work of President Trump’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) on Monday, while doubling down on the group’s efforts amid mounting criticism.

Musk sat for a rare television interview with Larry Kudlow, a former Trump administration official, on Fox Business Network, where he faced questions about DOGE’s inner workings and its efforts to slash the size of the federal government.

“We just basically follow the money. We look at the president’s executive orders, and we also just follow the money,” Musk said.

Musk said DOGE has “a little over 100” staffers, with a goal to get to 200. Those individuals were hired from the private sector with finance and technology backgrounds, he said.

No official list of DOGE staff has been published, though several........

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