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At Trump's Cabinet meet, Elon Musk claims getting ‘lot of death threats’

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      The Office of Government Ethics is needed to enforce compliance, but Trump abruptly fired the office’s director,
      Guardian
      said Kedric Payne, the senior director of ethics at the nonpartisan Campaign legal Center
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      Richard Painter
      Musk is now a federal officer subject to the criminal conflict of interest statute, 18 USC 208,
      Guardian
      said Richard Painter, George W Bush’s ethics counsel who now teaches law at the University of Minnesota
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      Ethics compliance for government employees like Musk usually requires ethics lawyers providing advice and pre-approval of any actions taken that involve the employee’s financial interests,
      Guardian
      Payne added
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      Criminal law prohibits special government employees from making government decisions where they have financial conflicts of interest,
      Guardian
      Payne said
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      He wouldn’t be involved.” ... I’ll recuse myself. I mean, I haven’t asked the president for anything, ever.”
      Guardian
      When Hannity asked Trump how he would react if he saw a conflict for Musk, Trump said simply ... In turn, Musk blithely claimed if there are conflicts
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      AI will have a big role in making the government more efficient, However, federal officers working for Doge cannot legally have an equity stake in an xAI company that will very likely make money from the government shifting toward AI.”
      Guardian
      Likewise, given Musk’s artificial intelligence business xAI, Painter stressed
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      I look forward to serving America if the opportunity arises. No pay, no title, no recognition is needed.”
      Guardian
      The next month, Trump spoke about the need for a new efficiency commission in a speech to the Economic Club of New York, prompting Musk to write on X
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      I’ll recuse myself.”
      Guardian
      Both Trump and Musk have downplayed critics’ concerns about conflict of interest issues for the Doge leader, with Musk simply asserting if there’s a conflict
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      These are the same agencies, and the same investigators, that Musk is in the process of terminating. The Federal Aviation Administration, which has fined SpaceX on numerous occasions for safety violations, is facing severe cutbacks championed by Musk,
      Guardian
      he said
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      An organization’s reputational integrity is its greatest currency. When you compromise that, you have lost the loyalty and trust of your employees,
      CNN
      Wahler said
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      Elon Musk’s philosophy and approach to employees and their work is diametrically opposed to every organization I work with in the public and private sectors,
      CNN
      Wahler said
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      You might be tempted to confuse speed with efficiency. Or to confuse fairness with across-the-board cuts,
      CNN
      Carucci said
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      You know where the opportunities for reductions are. You don’t just go slicing through.”
      CNN
      By doing an extensive diagnostic of your enterprise beforehand, Carucci added
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      Assume that what you write will be read by malign foreign actors and tailor your response accordingly.”
      CNN
      And the warning included at the end of OPM’s letter to those who chose to respond was also worrying
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      (W ... W)e’re literally trying to figure out, are these people real, are they alive and can they write an email?”
      CNN
      Musk said
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      Most companies are methodical and reflective about this,
      CNN
      said Cindy Wahler, who helps organizations with leadership assessment, executive coaching and identifying needed leadership competencies
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      Some of the things I say will be incorrect and should be corrected. So nobody’s going to bat a thousand … We will make mistakes, but we’ll act quickly to correct any mistakes,
      CNN
      he said
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      We spend a lot on the Defence Department. We spend over $1 trillion on interest. If this continues, the country will become de facto bankrupt. It's not an optional thing. It is essential. That's the reason I am here. I am taking a lot of flak, and getting a lot of death threats,
      Hindustan Times
      CNN quoted Musk, donning a T-Shirt that said 'tech support' and a cap that said 'Make America Great Again', a tagline used by Republicans
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      President Trump has put together the best Cabinet ever. And I do not give false praise. This is an incredible group of people. I don't think such a talented team has ever been assembled,
      Hindustan Times
      Musk said
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      The only reason he has power is because he has purchased it, not because he has been elected, not because he has any legitimacy in terms of that,
      The Independent
      she told The Independent