Forbes reports:
One of the workers at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency most involved in the agency’s access to the Treasury Department’s payment system reportedly resigned Thursday after racist social media posts tied to him surfaced—the latest in the line of controversy and criticism surrounding DOGE.
Marko Elez, one of the two primary DOGE emissaries embedded in the Treasury Department, resigned from the Musk-led agency, the White House told The Wall Street Journal, after the publication uncovered Elez’s ties to a since-deleted X account with racist posts including calling for “eugenic immigration policy” and to “normalize Indian hate.”
The 25-year-old Elez previously worked for Musk’s X and SpaceX, according to the Journal.
Read the full article.
A staffer for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency whose access to U.S. Treasury payment systems was approved by a federal judge has links to a deleted social-media account that advocated for racism and eugenics https://t.co/uvsZte42mH
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) February 6, 2025
Want to know who Trump and Musk are trusting with direct access to all of your tax dollars and personal info at the US Treasury? High level government employees go through FBI background checks — I did — but not these guys!
WSJ: DOGE Staffer Resigns Over Racist Posts pic.twitter.com/VMfEGVpUl7
— Jesse Lee (@JesseCharlesLee) February 6, 2025
BREAKING: A Top DOGE Staffer, Marko Elez, has just resigned after Racist Tweets were uncovered.
His account appears to have posted:
– “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity.”
&
– “Normalize Indian hate.”
Good riddance! pic.twitter.com/BiMFqxM4Lb
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) February 6, 2025
This is the 25 year old goon that re-wrote the code in the US Treasury system for everything-his name is Marko Elez pic.twitter.com/1DAKiz6S7k
— RollsRoyceMerlin61 (@SpitfireMarkIX) February 4, 2025
A 25-year-old engineer named Marko Elez, who previously worked for two Musk companies, has direct access to Treasury systems responsible for nearly all payments made by the US govt, WIRED reports; he can access and write code for two of the most sensitive systems in the US govt pic.twitter.com/F9nc8dudnU
— Hamza Shaban (@hshaban) February 4, 2025