White House Insists Elon Musk Will Excuse Himself If He "Comes Across a Conflict" Through DOGE

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The White House is insisting that Elon Musk will recuse himself if he finds conflicts with his financial holdings during his efforts through the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

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00:00You talked a bit about Doge. Elon Musk is currently a quote special government

00:04employee who also owns companies that have billions of dollars in federal

00:08contracts. You said earlier this week that he has abided by all applicable

00:12federal laws but what steps is the Trump administration taking to address that

00:16conflict of interest? The president was already asked and answered this question

00:20this week and he said if Elon Musk comes across a conflict of interest with the

00:24contracts and the funding that Doge is overseeing then Elon will excuse

00:28himself from those contracts. President Trump was an elected with a mandate from

00:32the American people to make this government more efficient. He campaigned

00:36across this country with Elon Musk vowing that Elon was going to head up

00:40the Department of Government Efficiency and the two of them with a great team

00:44around them were going to look at the receipts of this federal government and

00:48ensure it's accountable to American taxpayers. That's all that is happening

00:51here and for Democrat officials to incite violence and encourage Americans

00:56to take to the streets is incredibly alarming and they should be held

01:00accountable for that rhetoric. It sounds like something that they are most

01:02concerned about is Doge engineers with access to Treasury systems. Can you

01:07clarify do the Doge engineers have read-only access in these systems so

01:12they are not allowed to write new code? They are not.

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