The Trump Admin’s Office of Personnel Management fired off a snarky email to CNN inquiring about records related to security clearances of Elon Musk and his DOGE workers.
CNN submitted a FOIA request for records related to security clearances of Elon Musk and his DOGE team.
Trump’s OPM responded to CNN with a savage email basically saying, ‘Good luck because we fired the entire privacy team.’
“Good luck with that, they just fired the whole privacy team,” an email from OPM said in response to CNN’s FOIA request.
The Office of Personnel Management covers three main categories, according to its website:
- We set and enforce the background-check processes that determine individuals’ fitness to serve in the federal workforce.
- We provide human resources policies, services, and oversight to federal agencies, so they can hire and manage their workforces effectively.
- We develop and administer quality, cost-effective employee benefits programs, including the federal retiree pension program.
CNN reported:
The Trump administration has quietly fired multiple members of the “privacy team” and other officials from the office that oversees the hiring of federal workers, a move that limits outside access to government records related to the security clearances granted to Elon Musk and his associates, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
CNN was first notified of the firings at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in response to a freedom of information act request for records related to the security clearances of Musk and anyone from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) who has been granted access to sensitive or classified government networks.
In addition to the privacy team, members of OPM’s communications staff and employees who handle FOIA requests were also fired, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
Some of the firings are not set to take effect until April 15, one of the sources added.
Asked about the firings, an OPM official told CNN that the agency did not lay off the entire privacy team but declined to comment further.
It has been all hands on deck to stop Elon Musk and DOGE as the team works to cut wasteful spending and expose government fraud.
The Trump Administration on Monday filed a declaration explaining what authority Elon Musk has in response to a lawsuit arguing Musk and DOGE violates the Appointments Clause of the Constitution.
Elon Musk is an employee of the White House Office. He holds the position as a non-career Special Government Employee (SGE),” Joshua Fisher, the White House’s Director of the Office of Administration said in a sworn declaration.
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