"Without Musk, whom many staffers believed was their protector and could pick up the phone and secure a presidential pardon, the young engineers felt suddenly exposed, wrote Cai and Lippman. Later that June night, dozens of employees gathered on the roof of the GSA building for what Politico described as something akin to a wake. Senior DOGE figure Donald Park tried to keep morale up, telling staffers they were still brothers in arms and insisting Musk would continue to protect them."
"But other leaders were far more blunt, urging staff to lawyer up as the White House sought a clean break from the scandal-plagued operation. In the weeks that followed, Politico explains that DOGE fractured into rival factions. One group wanted to burrow in the government to protect themselves, while others, like Pentagon DOGE staffer Yinon Weiss, pushed to work in collaboration with the Presidential Personnel Office."
"Musk deputy Steve Davis, who had been left off the White House's scheduled end-of-May farewell for Musk and was unceremoniously announced as out, told staff it would be business as usual, prompting what one former official described as an internal purge against anyone who questioned his authority. As Politico reported, Despite being let go by the White House, he intended to stay on as the de facto head of DOGE."
In early June, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's public split with President Donald Trump sent the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) into freefall. Twelve DOGE staffers who had been sleeping at GSA headquarters packed up their belongings on June 5 after a controversial X post. Without Musk as a perceived protector, young engineers felt exposed and morale collapsed; dozens gathered on the GSA roof that night in what resembled a wake. Senior leaders offered conflicting messages, with some urging staff to get legal counsel while others insisted Musk would continue protection. DOGE fractured into rival factions over whether to embed deeper in government or coordinate with the Presidential Personnel Office, and leadership disputes and internal purges intensified uncertainty about the agency's future.
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