{"id":2398487,"date":"2025-02-03T22:05:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T03:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/authorities-investigating-threats-against-musk-and-doge-employees-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-03T22:06:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T03:06:57","slug":"authorities-investigating-threats-against-musk-and-doge-employees-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/authorities-investigating-threats-against-musk-and-doge-employees-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities investigating threats against Musk and DOGE employees &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fauthorities-investigating-threats-against-musk-and-doge-employees-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2398487&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Recent law enforcement investigations have been initiated concerning threats\u200c made against employees of \u2062Elon Musk&#8217;s &#8220;Department \u2064of Government Efficiency,&#8221; specifically those associated with DOGE (Dogecoin). Edward Martin Jr., the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia,\u2062 announced \u2063that his office is collaborating with the FBI to tackle \u2063these threats. In a public statement, Martin indicated that there is <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">preliminary evidence suggesting legal violations targeted<\/a> at DOGE employees and emphasized the need for Musk\u2064 to utilize law enforcement resources for protection.<\/p>\n<p>Musk himself highlighted \u200bnumerous\u200b violent threats directed at him \u2062and his employees, which surfaced on social media before some \u200dwere removed. These comments included \u200daggressive statements \u200cand calls to harm him and his team, prompting \u200ba stern response from \u2063Musk stating that such actions break the law.<\/p>\n<p>Martin has also mentioned\u200c plans to \u2063investigate other individuals who have reportedly\u200b made hostile\u2063 comments about Musk and his associates, including a former political candidate who denied \u200dwrongdoing but criticized the \u2062attention being placed \u200con him. The situation continues to develop as authorities\u200b work to ensure the \u200csafety of \u2062those\u2062 involved.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Authorities investigating threats against Musk and DOGE employees<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1957950\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Law enforcement is investigating threats made against employees of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Elon Musk's\">Elon Musk<\/a>&lsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3308142\/usaid-security-officials-leave-denying-doge-access-classified-documents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Elon Musk's\">Department of Government Efficiency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Edward Martin Jr., U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/USAO_DC\/status\/1886537850390483276\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"statement\">statement<\/a> that his office was cooperating with the FBI and other law enforcement in dealing with threats toward DOGE employees.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ed Martin speaks at an event hosted by then-Rep. Matt Gaetz at the Capitol in Washington, with the Washington Examiner&rsquo;s Brady Knox in back, June 13, 2023. (AP Photo\/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;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,&rdquo; Martin said. &ldquo;We are in contact with FBl and other law-enforcement partners to proceed rapidly. We also have our prosecutors preparing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, Martin released a letter addressed to Musk where he addressed previous threats, urging him to &ldquo;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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-leaving-ai-chatbot-in-place-after-it-advised-small-businesses-to-break-the-law-said-its-ok-to-serve-cheese-if-it-has-rat-bites\/\" title=\"NYC Keeps AI Chatbot Despite Controversy Over Illegal Business Advice\">break numerous laws<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Musk quoted a slew of threats directed against himself and other DOGE employees on X made under the subreddit &ldquo;r\/whitepeopletwitter,&rdquo; many of them violent in nature. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-stripped-of-hunting-license-sentenced-to-prison-for-facebook-pic-of-deer-he-shot\/\" title=\"Hunter Stripped of Hunting License, Sentenced to Prison for Facebook Pic of Deer He Shot\">original post appears<\/a> to have been taken down on Reddit, but X user &ldquo;Reddit Lies&rdquo; posted a screenshot of over a dozen threatening comments.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll say it. This nazi stooge needs to be shot,&rdquo; one user said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s time to do more than dragging names, let&rsquo;s drag their necks up by a large coil of rope,&rdquo; another said.<\/p>\n<p>Several threats demanded other users find and post the addresses of DOGE employees so others could &ldquo;deal with them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They have broken the law,&rdquo; Musk said about the threats.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They have broken the law. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KupH9lTOv9\">https:\/\/t.co\/KupH9lTOv9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1886501169154957587?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Martin also <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EagleEdMartin\/status\/1886567371407810688\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"pledged\">pledged<\/a> to look into other figures, including former Minnesota Democratic House candidate Will Stancil, who is known for his X presence. In one <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Photo2Electric\/status\/1886581197263732877\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"quoted\">quoted<\/a> post on the social media outlet Bluesky, Stancil said Musk &ldquo;should get the wall.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Stancil <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/whstancil\/status\/1886589270204330249\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"protested\">protested<\/a> the attention, denying he had done anything illegal and deriding Martin as &ldquo;Musk&rsquo;s pet US attorney.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1957950\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1957950\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities are probing threats against Musk and DOGE staff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2398488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ed-Martin.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[23466,3976,4250,4855,32076],"class_list":["post-2398487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-doge","tag-investigation","tag-musk","tag-threats","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ed-Martin.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2398487"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2398491,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398487\/revisions\/2398491"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2398488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2398487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2398487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2398487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}