“We swore to serve the American people and uphold our oath to the Constitution across presidential administrations. However, it has become clear that we can no longer honor those commitments,” the letter reportedly said.
Motivation in question
Many of the remaining staff working for DOGE lacked the skills to do the job and were motivated primarily by ideological zeal, the letter said. DOGE was mishandling sensitive data, introducing security risks and breaking critical systems, they added. The last straw: being asked about their political loyalty during interviews.
These are not the first resignations and might not be the last from the technical teams Musk will be depending on to fulfil his, at times, increasingly chaotic remit. Last week Steven Reilly, lead engineer for the notify.gov government messaging service, resigned over an alleged request by a Musk appointee for access to 20 government systems containing sensitive data.
