A coalition of prosecutors from 14 states of the United States sued the administration of Donald Trump on Thursday for the role played by the tycoon Elon Musk at the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), who they say that he is exceeding the authority that confers him The Constitution.
His complaint, filed before a court in the district of Columbia, emphasizes that Musk, “as an elephant in a pot, exercises a huge amount of illegitimized power over sensitive systems and important government programs that are vital for the American lifestyle.”
General prosecutors, states governed by Democrats such as Arizona, California, Míchigan, Minesota, Nevada, Vermont or Washington, allege that Musk “has dismantled federal agencies, accessed confidential data and caused generalized disturbances in state and local governments, so as in critical systems in which Americans depend daily. ”
“By altering billions of dollars in federal funds essential for the application of the law, medical care, education and other critical services, their actions harm the states,” said California Attorney, Rob Bonta.
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For the plaintiffs, there is no greater threat to democracy than the accumulation of state power in the hands of a single undertaking individual.
The Doge aims to reduce spending and democracy in the Federal Executive. With this pretext in these three weeks since Trump returned to power, he has initiated the dismantling of the public apparatus, and among other points of which it boasts, he claims to have cut about 1,000 million dollars when canceling contracts and programs that promoted diversity, inclusion and equity.
This Tuesday Trump signed an executive order to “significantly” the staff of the Public Administration and grant more power to the Department of Musk, by instructing federal agencies to collaborate with him.
With EFE information
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