Law enforcement is investigating threats made against employees of Elon Musk‘s Department of Government Efficiency.
Edward Martin Jr., U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, said in a statement that his office was cooperating with the FBI and other law enforcement in dealing with threats toward DOGE employees.
“Our initial review of the evidence presented to us indicates that certain individuals and/or groups have committed acts that appear to violate the law in targeting DOGE employees,” Martin said. “We are in contact with FBl and other law-enforcement partners to proceed rapidly. We also have our prosecutors preparing.”
Earlier in the day, Martin released a letter addressed to Musk where he addressed previous threats, urging him to “utilize me and my staff in protecting the DOGE work and the DOGE workers. Any threats, confrontations, or other actions in any way that impact their work may break numerous laws.”
Musk quoted a slew of threats directed against himself and other DOGE employees on X made under the subreddit “r/whitepeopletwitter,” many of them violent in nature. The original post appears to have been taken down on Reddit, but X user “Reddit Lies” posted a screenshot of over a dozen threatening comments.
“I’ll say it. This nazi stooge needs to be shot,” one user said.
“It’s time to do more than dragging names, let’s drag their necks up by a large coil of rope,” another said.
Several threats demanded other users find and post the addresses of DOGE employees so others could “deal with them.”
“They have broken the law,” Musk said about the threats.
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Martin also pledged to look into other figures, including former Minnesota Democratic House candidate Will Stancil, who is known for his X presence. In one quoted post on the social media outlet Bluesky, Stancil said Musk “should get the wall.”
Stancil protested the attention, denying he had done anything illegal and deriding Martin as “Musk’s pet US attorney.”
