Technical staff resign rather than help Musk make government cuts

Elon Musk speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC on Thursday (ose Luis Magana/AP)

More than 20 civil service employees resigned on Tuesday from billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), saying they were refusing to use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public services”.

“We swore to serve the American people and uphold our oath to the Constitution across presidential administrations,” the 21 staff members wrote in a joint resignation letter, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press.