{"id":3642,"date":"2025-02-06T11:06:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T11:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/doge-takeover-fails-musk-subpoena-vote-narrowly-rejected\/"},"modified":"2025-02-06T11:06:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T11:06:05","slug":"doge-takeover-fails-musk-subpoena-vote-narrowly-rejected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/doge-takeover-fails-musk-subpoena-vote-narrowly-rejected\/","title":{"rendered":"DOGE Takeover Fails: Musk Subpoena Vote Narrowly Rejected"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/p>\n

Congress Fails to Subpoena Elon Musk Over Allegations of Government Takeover<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Close Call for Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n

Congress came very close on Wednesday to putting billionaire Elon Musk in the hot seat over his ongoing attempts to effectively take control of the U.S. government by infiltrating every federal agency. However, the effort failed in a 19-20 decision.<\/p>\n

The Vote<\/strong><\/p>\n

The U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a vote to subpoena Musk, put forward by ranking member Rep. Gerry Connolly, a Democrat from Virginia. Republican Rep. James Comer, the chairman of the committee and longtime ally of President Donald Trump, tried various tactics to hamper the motion, including by insisting it wasn\u2019t debatable.<\/p>\n

Chaos in the Committee Room<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Chairman, why don\u2019t we want to debate Elon Musk coming in and talking to us about his work and how he has enriched himself for $64 billion?\u201d one Democrat asked. The room then erupted into chaos, with members of Congress shouting over each other, captured by cameras in the committee hearing. Comer then attempted to get a voice vote, but in truly sleazy fashion, Comer declared the motion had failed. Democrats demanded a proper roll call vote.<\/p>\n

The Final Vote Tally<\/strong><\/p>\n

The final vote tally was 19-20, causing the motion to fail, and Rep. Ro Khanna, a Democrat from California was notably absent. X users claimed that Khanna had \u201cabstained\u201d from the vote, which wasn\u2019t accurate and the congressman cleared things up in a tweet.<\/p>\n

Khanna\u2019s Explanation<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI would have voted yes. They called a procedural vote without notice & I like 8 others didn\u2019t make it there on time,\u201d Khanna wrote on X. \u201cMusk\u2019s attacks on our institutions are unconstitutional. He should be subpoenaed & answer to our committee. They should call the vote again with notice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Musk\u2019s Response<\/strong><\/p>\n

Musk replied with \u201cDon\u2019t be a dick.\u201d<\/p>\n

Khanna\u2019s Absence<\/strong><\/p>\n

Khanna explained that he had been in a meeting with the ambassador to Mexico to discuss the \u201cterrible tariffs\u201d that Trump has threatened against the country. Khanna said he wasn\u2019t able to make it on time and \u201cthey should properly notice and call the vote again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Protests Erupt Across the Country<\/strong><\/p>\n

Protests have broken out across the country to raise awareness of Musk\u2019s ongoing coup, with people chanting \u201cno one voted for Elon Musk\u201d and demanding an end to the oligarchic takeover. Some people in New Jersey even held up signs along Route 4 on Tuesday that read \u201cMusk stole your tax data,\u201d a reference to the total penetration of government computer systems that\u2019s happening right now.<\/p>\n

DOGE\u2019s Access to Government Systems<\/strong><\/p>\n

A 25-year-old member of DOGE named Mark Elez, who\u2019s previously worked at Musk\u2019s companies, actually has access to the U.S. Treasury\u2019s Payment Automation Manager and Secure Payment System at the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, according to Wired. That means Musk can theoretically stop payments on anything he doesn\u2019t like. Trump\u2019s Press Secretary reiterated that DOGE has read-only access on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The Impact on USAID<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not clear yet whether Musk has actually stopped payments, but there are countless anecdotes online of congressionally authorized programs that haven\u2019t received funding yet. As always, it\u2019s unclear if Trump\u2019s henchman and their meddling with these systems has accidentally broken things or if they well and truly have broken them intentionally.<\/p>\n

The Future of USAID<\/strong><\/p>\n

President Trump and Musk have promised to shut down USAID, the foreign aid agency, which can\u2019t technically be done by any president without an act of Congress. But again, nobody seems capable of stopping them at this moment. The USAID website went dark on Saturday but now just has a notice that all staff are being placed on administrative leave.<\/p>\n

The Legality of DOGE\u2019s Activities<\/strong><\/p>\n

Numerous Members of Congress and government officials have said DOGE\u2019s activities are blatantly illegal, but the U.S. is now learning pretty quickly that laws are fake unless someone is around to enforce them. And right now the people who are supposed to enforce laws are all on Trump\u2019s side.<\/p>\n\n
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