And as a special government employee, he has not filed any financial disclosures.
The White House has said Musk ispolicing his own conflicts of interest.
describes him toRolling Stoneas having the Mount Everest of conflicts.
Elon Musk holds a chainsaw during the Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 20, 2025.Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
Short-tenured employees were fired en masse.
CFPB has alsodropped investigationsinto firms it formerly accused of cheating customers.
Musk effectively forced out Whitaker, who quit at the start of the Trump administration.
In asettlementof securities fraud charges, Musk and Tesla later had to each pay $20 million in penalties.
(He hassaidhe owns a bunch of Dogecoin and that SpaceX holds a bunch of bitcoin.)
Musk called the lawsuit shit and decried the SEC as beingtotally broken.
Gary Gensler, whom Muskpublicly deridedas SEC chair, stepped down as Trump took office.
Musk and DOGE set up an X account called DOGE SEC whose first tweet established asnitch line.
DOGE is seeking help from the public!
