Q: Who said this? "Musk ... is a HIGH-RANKING government official. ... The White House has designated Musk a 'special government employee' IN CHARGE OF Establishing and Implementing the President's Department of Government Efficiency ('DOGE')." Ans: Musk's own attorneys in a Delaware court filing. - ThreadSky

rgoodlaw.bsky.social • 18 days ago

Q: Who said this?

"Musk ... is a HIGH-RANKING government official. ... The White House has designated Musk a 'special government employee' IN CHARGE OF Establishing and Implementing the President's Department of Government Efficiency ('DOGE')."

Ans: Musk's own attorneys in a Delaware court filing.

Comments

borisogon.bsky.social•18 days ago

Little did I suspect that the District of Delaware called for sans serif fonts in filings.

wndlb.bsky.social•18 days ago

Sworn, and verified, eh?

lilyscott.bsky.social•17 days ago

Can't a lawyer lose his license for filing false information?

atlelainesong.bsky.social•17 days ago

Ah man. There have been so many “We Got Him!” Moments since 2017.

itsjustmekaila.bsky.social•18 days ago

cc @annabower.bsky.social

mrmbb.bsky.social•18 days ago

Is he on Federal payroll?
That would be funny…

noreen900.bsky.social•18 days ago

He was never elected by any democratic body.

pham60.bsky.social•18 days ago

Um, does this lawyer realize that Clinton had to give a deposition while President?

rgoodlaw.bsky.social•18 days ago

2/ This court filing undercuts public statements to the contrary by Trump officials.

It is most significant for at least three big Appointments Clause cases against Musk's exercise of government authority.

Indeed, the document was submitted over the weekend by @nationalsecuritylaw.org.

chozang.bsky.social•18 days ago

He ‘directs’ Doge, but he’s not the ‘Director.’ That’s how much they will twist words to absolve legal responsibility.

noreen900.bsky.social•18 days ago

Saying it is so does not make it true.

rabbir.bsky.social•18 days ago

And it’s long past time for perjury cases to be opened against anyone who made a sworn statement in or to the court that Musk is not in charge of DOGE.

dachshuahuadad.bsky.social•18 days ago

Who would be the appropriate party to file criminal charges against the DOJ?

rabbir.bsky.social•18 days ago

In the olden days (3 months ago) the Justice Department would do it itself. Now, for both contempt and perjury, federal judges will have to start appointing special prosecutors.

rgoodlaw.bsky.social•18 days ago

3/ Court filing submitting the notice of new evidence:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.276598/gov.uscourts.dcd.276598.30.0.pdf

Attachment of Elon Musk attorneys' letter U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.276598/gov.uscourts.dcd.276598.30.1.pdf

borisogon.bsky.social•18 days ago

"§ (g)(iii)"?

There's usually something that comes before the parentheses kick in.

bkshep.bsky.social•18 days ago

Oops?

bkshep.bsky.social•18 days ago

One of the federal judges recently found all of the varied statements in varied contexts by the government are relevant to sort out wtf doge is.

chris-ndc.bsky.social•17 days ago

Morgan Lewis are the same jokers that said Trump had no significant business with Russia except hundreds of multimillion condos sold to Russian nationals.

janepor00325520.bsky.social•18 days ago

Sounds like a good con: lie, duck, weave. Rinse. Repeat.

cdarwin.bsky.social•18 days ago

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unroll.skywriter.blue•18 days ago

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diannariparian.bsky.social•18 days ago

Good work to expose this & great for firms that followed up on other related cases!

nitram22.bsky.social•18 days ago

By the time the courts decide this mess, government will consist of a pile of embers.

posuttrump.bsky.social•18 days ago

Do’hge

rustymarble.bsky.social•18 days ago

Seriously! You can't Oops! Undo a nuclear firing like they're doing with Federal workers.

shenloop.bsky.social•18 days ago

This is fucking ridiculous… Musk is not a GOV official, DOGE is not an official GOV agency or dept. They are Presidential advisors nothing more… everything they have done is illegal & unconstitutional from the first day they took a step inside a real federal agency… they all belong in jail.

elissa4.bsky.social•18 days ago

This seems like a straightforward basis for judicial estoppel as to Musk, no?

kelleyfromtx.bsky.social•18 days ago

It's emblematic of Trump's whole "heads I win, tails you lose" ethos. @Maddow said it best early in his first term when she noted that everything seems to redound to Trump's benefit.

That's how we know he's the leader of a personality cult.

dood1.bsky.social•18 days ago

No he is not!!

bigworker.bsky.social•18 days ago

DOJ lawyers tomorrow: You can't believe that, it's a claim by notorious liar Elon Musk

alttag.bsky.social•17 days ago

Thankfully, it’s a claim by officers of the court who have a sworn duty of candor.

dpcarey123.bsky.social•18 days ago

Have they told the lady they identified a week or so ago?

bubbawny69.bsky.social•18 days ago

if a judge like bosberg allows simple obstruction and lying over who's running DOGe, our republic deserves to fail.

markjkings.bsky.social•18 days ago

Like an officer?

ahaxton.bsky.social•18 days ago

Oops.

unatiers.bsky.social•18 days ago

You exclude low vision people when you don’t use ALT.

roberts-rants.bsky.social•18 days ago

The question you should ask is: did they submit sworn evidence supporting the statement? If so, the plaintiffs who allege Musk is head of DOGE need to take that person’s deposition.