Department of Government Efficiency Workers are revolting against Elon Musk and Donald Trump by signing a dramatic letter of resignation that promises not to defend 'public services'.
“We swore to serve the American people and to maintain our oath to the Constitution in Presidential Administrations,” wrote 21 former Doge -employees in a letter reported for the first time by AP, a newsroom that recently transported with the Trump – administration.
These ex-Dog employees shared that they refuse to dismantle 'critical public services' that they claim to be cut away by their colleagues who have registered to donate Musk's 'Nerd Army' who is responsible for lowering the federal editions.
All the now -made employees were apart from the American digital service (USDS), the small government service of around 100 employees who changed Musk in Doge.
Since the acquisition of the billionaire of the department, Doge 40 of those employees has fired.
In the past month, DOGE has been changed by many federal agencies that demand access to sensitive data, to beat performance assessments with employees of the agency and, recently, e -mail receptions of what federal employees reach in a certain week.
“Several of these interviewers refused to identify themselves, asked questions about political loyalty, tried to compete with colleagues and showed limited technical skills,” the staff members apparently revealed in their letter, apparently the doge employees who interrogated them as hostile Stand up.
“This process created significant security risks,” they wrote.
Many of the employees were former Big Tech employees who came up with disappointment about the massive Doge Federal Review that has already saved around $ 65 billion in taxpayers Dollars, the group claims.
People who keep banners during a meeting outside of Jacob K. Javits Federal Building Against the Firings of thousands of federal employees by US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) in New York City, February 19, 2025
Musk holds a chainsaw on stage last week at a conservative conference
Those billions of savings came from Doge who reduced many contracts for foreign help, Dei Education, recently adopted federal employees and more.
“These highly competent officials worked on modernizing social security, veterans services, tax returns, health care, disaster reduction, student aid and other critical services,” says the letter of resignation of the former Doge employee.
'Their removal removals are in danger to millions of Americans who rely on these services every day. The sudden loss of their technology expertise makes critical systems and the data from the American less safe. '
The massive stop event comes in a tumultuous time for Doge.
After having effectively sent an e -mail from a sender entitled 'HR' – really from the Office of Personnel Management (OpM) – asked 'what did you do last week', many of Trump's lieutenants had to be the vague e -Mail from the Musk team clarify.
FBI director Kash Patel recently confirmed his team to ignore the e -mail. The Pentagon, under Pete Hegseeth, also explained a statement that tells employees not to tackle the request from 'HR'.
In another message about X, however, the owner of the app and the leader of the Doge said that the person who ignores the next e -mail will be fired.
“Subject to the president's discretion, they will get another chance,” said Musk about employees who did not respond to his first e -mail.
“Not responding a second time will lead to termination,” the post went on.
Researchers, academics and demonstrators gather outside the Health and Human Services building against the US Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) financing freezes on research and higher education in Washington, DC, US, 19 February 2025. Doge has DOGE 3,600 HHS employees have been dismissed in recent weeks
About a third of the DOG workers who were holds of the American digital service stopped on Tuesday as a result of the letter, the AP reports.
“We will not use our skills as technologists to jeopardize the core systems of the core, to jeopardize the sensitive data of Americans or to dismantle critical public services,” their letter said.
“We will not borrow our expertise to perform or legitimize the actions of Doge.”
